The rise of atmospheric oxygen

Nature

Volumn 451, Issue 7176, 2008, Pages 277-278

  Kump, Lee R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OXYGEN; ROCK;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 38349105591     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06587     Document Type: Short Survey

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