Phanerozoic concentrations of atmospheric oxygen reconstructed from sedimentary charcoal

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 627-630

  Glasspool, Ian J ^a   Scott, Andrew C ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CENOZOIC; CHARCOAL; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; MASS EXTINCTION; MESOZOIC; MIRE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PEATLAND; PERMIAN; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SULFUR; TIMESCALE; WEATHERING;

EID: 77956276812     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo923     Document Type: Article

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