Large-scale fluctuations in Precambrian atmospheric and oceanic oxygen levels from the record of U in shales

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 369-370, Issue , 2013, Pages 284-293

  Partin, C A ^a   Bekker, A ^a   Planavsky, N J ^b   Scott, C T ^c   Gill, B C ^d   Li, C ^e   Podkovyrov, V ^f   Maslov, A ^g   Konhauser, K O ^h   Lalonde, S V ⁱ   Love, G D ^j   Poulton, S W ^k   Lyons, T W ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^g INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

ⁱ INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Atmosphere; Ocean; Precambrian; Rise of atmospheric oxygen; Uranium in the ocean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; CONVENTIONAL MODELS; OCEAN; ORGANIC-RICH SHALES; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; PRECAMBRIAN; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OXYGENATION; URANIUM;

OXYGEN;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; REDOX CONDITIONS; SHALE; URANIUM;

EID: 84878196135     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.031     Document Type: Article

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