Biologically induced initiation of neoproterozoic snowball-earth events

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 37, 2011, Pages 15091-15096

  Tziperman, Eli ^a   Halevy, Itay ^b   Johnston, David T ^a   Knoll, Andrew H ^a   Schrag, Daniel P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; CO 2

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; IRON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BACTERIUM; BIOMINERALIZATION; CELL SIZE; EUKARYOTE; GLACIATION; ICE AGE; MARINE SPECIES; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEDIMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; EARTH (PLANET); ICE COVER; MINERALS; SEAWATER; SNOW; TIME FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 80053058389     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1016361108     Document Type: Article

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