Progress and perspective on frontiers of geobiology

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 855-868

  Xie, ShuCheng ^a   Yin, HongFu ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

biotic crisis; extreme environment; microbial functional group; paleobiology

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY;

BIOTIC CRISIS; CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COEVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84899992104     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-013-4731-1     Document Type: Review

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