On the coevolution of Ediacaran oceans and animals

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7376-7381

  Shen, Yanan ^a   Zhang, Tonggang ^a   Hoffman, Paul F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric oxygen; Doushantuo formation; Iron speciation; Sheepbed formation; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; OXYGEN; PYRITE; SULFATE; WATER; IRON; SEA WATER; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; CHINA; COEVOLUTION; DEEP SEA; EDIACARAN; GLACIATION; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEROZOIC; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEA;

ANIMALIA; EUMETAZOA;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CHINA; EVOLUTION; IRON; ISOTOPES; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SULFATES; SULFIDES;

EID: 44949223477     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802168105     Document Type: Article

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