Iron oxides, divalent cations, silica, and the early earth phosphorus crisis

Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 135-138

  Jones, C ^a,b   Nomosatryo, S ^c   Crowe, S A ^a,b   Bjerrum, C J ^d   Canfield, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POSITIVE IONS; SEAWATER; SILICA;

BANDED IRON FORMATIONS; LIMITING CONDITION; MASSIVE QUANTITIES; OXYGENIC PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOSPHORUS SORPTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAWATER CHEMISTRY; UPWELLING WATERS;

IRON OXIDES;

ARCHEAN; CATION; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; IRON OXIDE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEROZOIC; SILICA;

EID: 84921793762     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G36044.1     Document Type: Article

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