Atmospheric oxygenation and volcanism

Nature

Volumn 487, Issue 7408, 2012, Pages

  Kasting, James F ^a   Catling, David C ^b   Zahnle, Kevin ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NOTE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGENATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLCANISM;

ATMOSPHERE; GASES; OXYGEN; PRESSURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 84864212459     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11274     Document Type: Note

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