Tracing the stepwise oxygenation of the Proterozoic ocean

Nature

Volumn 452, Issue 7186, 2008, Pages 456-459

  Scott, C ^a   Lyons, T W ^a   Bekker, A ^b,h   Shen, Y ^c   Poulton, S W ^d   Chu, X ^e   Anbar, A D ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDENUM; SEA WATER;

AUTHIGENESIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEEP SEA; EUKARYOTE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PROTEROZOIC; SEAWATER; SHALE; SULFIDE; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ECOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK; SEA; WEATHERING;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 41349120544     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06811     Document Type: Article

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