Early oxygenation of the terrestrial environment during the Mesoproterozoic

Nature

Volumn 468, Issue 7321, 2010, Pages 290-293

  Parnell, John ^a   Boyce, Adrian J ^b   Mark, Darren ^b   Bowden, Stephen ^a   Spinks, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SULFUR;

BACTERIUM; BLACK SHALE; DATABASE; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; MARINE RECORD; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; PROTEROZOIC; SEAWATER; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; FRACTIONATION; MESOPROTEROZOIC; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SCOTLAND; SEAWATER; SULFATES; SULFIDES;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METAZOA;

EID: 78149459175     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09538     Document Type: Article

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