The carbon cycle and associated redox processes through time

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1470, 2006, Pages 931-950

  Hayes, John M ^a   Waldbauer, Jacob R ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric oxygen; Carbon cycle; Carbon isotopes; Mantle; Methanogenesis; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; REDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE;

ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW; SEDIMENT;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 33747761947     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1840     Document Type: Review

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