High phosphate availability as a possible cause for massive cyanobacterial production of oxygen in the Paleoproterozoic atmosphere

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 362, Issue , 2013, Pages 225-236

  Papineau, Dominic ^a,b   Purohit, Ritesh ^c   Fogel, Marilyn L ^b   Shields Zhou, Graham A ^d  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Govt College   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Great Oxidation Event; Lomagundi Jatuli event; Nitrogen isotopes; Paleoproterozoic; Phosphorites

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; GREAT OXIDATION EVENT; LOMAGUNDI-JATULI EVENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PHOSPHORITES;

CARBON; CARBONATES; DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; WEATHERING;

PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEPOSITION; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; PHOSPHORITE; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; SEAFLOOR;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84872559236     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.11.050     Document Type: Article

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