Isotopic evidence for massive oxidation of organic matter following the great oxidation event

Science

Volumn 334, Issue 6063, 2011, Pages 1694-1696

  Kump, Lee R ^a   Junium, Christopher ^a,b,i   Arthur, Michael A ^a   Brasier, Alex ^c   Fallick, Anthony ^c   Melezhik, Victor ^d,e   Lepland, Aivo ^d,f   Črne, Alenka E ^d,g   Luo, Genming ^h  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d Norwegian Geological Survey   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^g ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^h CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

ⁱ SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PROTEROZOIC; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; NEOPROTEROZOIC; OXIDATION; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 84455208105     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1213999     Document Type: Article

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