The mountains that triggered the Late Neoproterozoic increase in oxygen: The Second Great Oxidation Event

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4187-4206

  Campbell, Ian H ^a   Squire, Richard J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EROSION; GONDWANA; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77953960108     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.04.064     Document Type: Article

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