Organic carbon isotope constraints on the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) reservoir at the Cryogenian-Ediacaran transition

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 159-168

  Jiang, Ganqing ^a   Wang, Xinqiang ^a,b   Shi, Xiaoying ^b   Zhang, Shihong ^b   Xiao, Shuhai ^c   Dong, Jin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cap carbonates; Dissolved organic carbon reservoir; Ediacaran; Ocean oxidation; Organic carbon isotopes; South China

Indexed keywords

CAP CARBONATES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EDIACARAN; OCEAN OXIDATION; ORGANIC CARBON ISOTOPES; SOUTH CHINA;

ANIMALS; CARBONATES; CARBONATION; DISSOLUTION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; STREAM FLOW;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EDIACARAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; REMINERALIZATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77958513218     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.08.031     Document Type: Article

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