A test of the nitrogen-limitation hypothesis for retarded eukaryote radiation: Nitrogen isotopes across a Mesoproterozoic basinal profile

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 121-139

  Stüeken, Eva E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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CARBON ISOTOPE; EUKARYOTE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84881508419     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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