Oxygen dynamics in the aftermath of the Great Oxidation of Earth's atmosphere

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 16736-16741

  Canfield, Donald E ^a   Ngombi Pemba, Lauriss ^b   Hammarlund, Emma U ^a   Bengtson, Stefan ^c   Chaussidon, Marc ^d   Gauthier Lafaye, François ^d   Meunier, Alain ^b   Riboulleau, Armelle ^d   Rollion Bard, Claire ^d   Rouxel, Olivier ^e   Asael, Dan ^e   Pierson Wickmann, Anne Catherine ^f   El Albani, Abderrazak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e IFREMER   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

GOE; Marine chemistry; Mo isotope; Paleoproterozoic; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; GABON; OXIDATION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

GOE; MARINE CHEMISTRY; MO ISOTOPE; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; TRACE METAL;

ATMOSPHERE; FOSSILS; GABON; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN;

EID: 84885735818     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1315570110     Document Type: Article

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