Ocean redox structure across the Late Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event: A nitrogen isotope perspective

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 396, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-13

  Ader, Magali ^a   Sansjofre, Pierre ^a,b,c   Halverson, Galen P ^d   Busigny, Vincent ^a   Trindade, Ricardo I F ^c   Kunzmann, Marcus ^d   Nogueira, Afonso C R ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Neoproterozoic; Nitrogen biogeochemical cycle; Nitrogen isotopes; Ocean oxygenation; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGENATION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NEOPROTEROZOIC ERA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CAMBRIAN; EDIACARAN; GLOBAL OCEAN; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXYGENATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; REDOX CONDITIONS; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

AMAZONIA; ARCTIC; CANADA; CHINA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

METAZOA;

EID: 84920267619     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.042     Document Type: Article

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