Anoxygenic photosynthesis modulated Proterozoic oxygen and sustained Earth's middle age

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

Volumn 106, Issue 40, 2009, Pages 16925-16929

  Johnston, D T ^a   Wolfe Simon, F ^a   Pearson, A ^a   Knoll, A H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean chemistry; Primary production; Proterozoic biosphere

Indexed keywords

IRON; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PYRITE; SULFIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GEOLOGY; MOTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGENATION; PHOTOAUTOTROPH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEROZOIC; SEA; TIME;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANOBACTERIA; EARTH (PLANET); IRON; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAWATER; SULFIDES;

CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 70350129036     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0909248106     Document Type: Article

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