Oxygen overshoot and recovery during the early Paleoproterozoic

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 317-318, Issue , 2012, Pages 295-304

  Bekker, A ^a   Holland, H D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Carbon isotope excursion; Ocean; Precambrian; Rise of atmospheric oxygen; Sulfates

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSION; OCEAN; PRECAMBRIAN; RISE OF ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; SULFATES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON; CARBONATES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GALLIUM; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE; SULFUR; WEATHERING;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL ARC; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORITE; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; SULFATE; WEATHERING;

EID: 84455200408     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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