The transition to a sulphidic ocean ∼1.84 billion years ago

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7005, 2004, Pages 173-177

  Poulton, Simon W ^a   Fralick, Philip W ^b   Canfield, Donald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; IRON COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SULFATE MINERALS;

ANOXIC WORLD; ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN LEVEL; BANDED IRON FORMATIONS (BIF); GLOBAL DEPOSITION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

IRON; OXYGEN; SEA WATER; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

ANOXIA; BANDED IRON FORMATION; OXYGEN; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SEAWATER; SULFIDE;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; HISTORY; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; OXYGENATION; PLANT EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT; WEATHERING;

ALGAE; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; CARBON; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SULFIDES; TIME FACTORS;

ALGAE;

EID: 4544356069     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02912     Document Type: Article

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