The case for a neoproterozoic oxygenation event: Geochemical evidence and biological consequences

GSA Today

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 4-11

  Shields Zhou, Graham ^a,b   Och, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METAZOAN; ORIGIN OF LIFE; OXYGENATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY; PROTEROZOIC; VENTILATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79952856182     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GSATG102A.1     Document Type: Article

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