The great oxidation event recorded in paleoproterozoic rocks from Fennoscandia

Scientific Drilling

Volumn , Issue 9, 2010, Pages 23-29

  Melezhik, Victor A ^a,b   Lepland, Aivo ^a   Romashkin, Alexander E ^a   Rychanchik, Dmitry V ^a   Mesli, Melanie ^c   Finne, Tor Erik ^c   Conze, Ronald ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 78651545289     PISSN: 18168957     EISSN: 18163459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2204/iodp.sd.9.04.2010     Document Type: Article

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