Bistability of atmospheric oxygen and the Great Oxidation

Nature

Volumn 443, Issue 7112, 2006, Pages 683-686

  Goldblatt, Colin ^a,b   Lenton, Timothy M ^a   Watson, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OXIDATION; OXYGEN; OZONE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ATMOSPHERIC ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; CHEMICAL TRANSITION;

GEOPHYSICS;

OXYGEN; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OZONE LAYER; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; STEADY STATE; THERMOSTABILITY; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 33749832874     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05169     Document Type: Article

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