Giant magnetofossils and hyperthermal events

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 351-352, Issue , 2012, Pages 258-269

  Chang, Liao ^a,g   Roberts, Andrew P ^a,b   Williams, Wyn ^c   Fitz Gerald, John D ^b   Larrasoaña, Juan C ^b,d   Jovane, Luigi ^a,e   Muxworthy, Adrian R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eukaryote; Giant magnetofossils; Hyperthermal; Magnetotactic bacteria

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; COASTAL PLAIN; CONTROLLED SIZE; DIAGENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD VARIATIONS; GIANT MAGNETOFOSSILS; HYPERTHERMAL; MAGNETIC MINERALS; MAGNETITE CRYSTALS; MAGNETITE PARTICLES; MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA; MICROMAGNETIC MODELLING; MULTI DOMAINS; NEW JERSEY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUMS; SINGLE DOMAINS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

BIOMINERALIZATION; MAGNETITE; MORPHOLOGY; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIA;

BIOMINERALIZATION; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GRAVITY FIELD; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAGNETITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84865583426     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.07.031     Document Type: Article

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