A stratified redox model for the ediacaran ocean

Science

Volumn 328, Issue 5974, 2010, Pages 80-83

  Li, Chao ^a   Love, Gordon D ^a   Lyons, Timothy W ^a   Fike, David A ^b   Sessions, Alex L ^c   Chu, Xuelei ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROUS ION; SULFATE;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP WATER; EDIACARAN; EUXINIC ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; METAZOAN; REDOX CONDITIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

ANIMALS; CARBONATES; CHINA; EVOLUTION; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRON; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SULFATES;

CHINA; NANHUA RIFT;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 77950515474     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1182369     Document Type: Article

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