Anomalous negative excursion of carbon isotope in organic carbon after the last Paleoproterozoic glaciation in North America

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Sekine, Yasuhito ^a   Tajika, Eiichi ^a   Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^b   Ogawa, Nanako O ^b   Goto, Kazuhisa ^c,e   Tada, Ryuji ^a   Yamamoto, Shinji ^a   Kirschvink, Joseph L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

atmospheric evolution; carbon isotope; climate change; glaciation; Great Oxidation Event; Paleoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GALLIUM; GAS HYDRATES; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; METHANE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SANDSTONE;

ATMOSPHERIC EVOLUTION; CARBON ISOTOPE; GLACIATION; GREAT OXIDATION EVENT; PALEOPROTEROZOIC;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 77956084256     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003210     Document Type: Article

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