Regulation of atmospheric oxygen during the Proterozoic

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 388, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-91

  Laakso, Thomas A ^a   Schrag, Daniel P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric oxygen; Iron; Phosphorus; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC LEVELS; ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC; LOW OXYGEN CONDITIONS; PROTEROZOIC; STABLE EQUILIBRIUM; SURFACE MOBILITY;

FEEDBACK; IRON; PHOSPHORUS;

OXYGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; IRON; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEROZOIC; SULFUR CYCLE;

EID: 84890609170     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.11.049     Document Type: Article

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