Uncovering the neoproterozoic carbon cycle

Nature

Volumn 483, Issue 7389, 2012, Pages 320-323

  Johnston, D T ^a   MacDonald, F A ^a   Gill, B C ^a   Hoffman, P F ^a,b   Schrag, D P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBONIC ACID; DELTA CARBON 13; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE ROCK; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROTEROZOIC; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOICHIOMETRY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CARBON CYCLE; DIAGENESIS; HUMAN; MONGOLIA; NAMIBIA; NEOPROTEROZOIC; OXIDATION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MONGOLIA; NAMIBIA; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER;

CANADA; MONGOLIA; NAMIBIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84858294275     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10854     Document Type: Article

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