Proterozoic oxygen rise linked to shifting balance between seafloor and terrestrial weathering

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

Volumn 111, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 9073-9078

  Mills, Benjamin ^a,b   Lenton, Timothy M ^a   Watson, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Carbon cycle; Precambrian

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SILICATE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE; LOW TEMPERATURE; LUMINANCE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEROZOIC; SEA; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEATHERING;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; PRECAMBRIAN;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN;

EID: 84903489998     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1321679111     Document Type: Article

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