The importance of diazotrophic cyanobacteria as primary producers during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

Biogeosciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 467-478

  Ohkouchi, N ^a   Kashiyama, Y ^a,b   Kuroda, J ^a,b   Ogawa, N O ^a   Kitazato, H ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CRETACEOUS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GEOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33750480514     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-3-467-2006     Document Type: Article

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