Tropical laterites, life on land, and the history of atmospheric oxygen in the Paleoproterozoic

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 491-494

  Beukes, Nicolas J ^a   Dorland, Herman ^a   Gutzmer, Jens ^a   Nedachi, Munetomo ^a   Ohmoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atmospheric oxygen; Laterite; Paleoproterozoic; Paleosol; Terrestrial biomass

Indexed keywords

TROPICAL LATERITES;

BIOMASS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; OXYGEN; WEATHERING;

GEOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; LATERITE; OXYGEN; PROTEROZOIC; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84879890398     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0491:TLLOLA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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