Carbon isotopic evidence for photosynthesis in early Cambrian oceans

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 503-506

  Surge, Donna M ^a,c   Savarese, Michael ^a,d   Dodd, J Robert ^a   Lohmann, Kyger C ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LIME; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REEFS; SEAWATER EFFECTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GEOCHEMICAL APPROACHES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOWER CAMBRIANS; OLIGOTROPHIC CONDITIONS; PRIMARY PRECIPITATES; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS;

ISOTOPES;

CAMBRIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METAZOAN; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PETROGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84875001323     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0503:CIEFPI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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