Increased subaerial volcanism and the rise of atmospheric oxygen 2.5 billion years ago

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7157, 2007, Pages 1033-1036

  Kump, Lee R ^a   Barley, Mark E ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARCHEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; OXYGEN; PROTEROZOIC; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANISM;

ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYANOBACTERIUM; GEOLOGICAL TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK; VOLCANO;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 34548309349     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06058     Document Type: Article

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