Statistical analysis of iron geochemical data suggests limited late Proterozoic oxygenation

Nature

Volumn 523, Issue 7561, 2015, Pages 451-454

  Sperling, Erik A ^a,b,c   Wolock, Charles J ^a   Morgan, Alex S ^a   Gill, Benjamin C ^c   Kunzmann, Marcus ^d   Halverson, Galen P ^d   Macdonald, Francis A ^a   Knoll, Andrew H ^a   Johnston, David T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; IRON; OXYGEN; SULFIDE; WATER; SEA WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; IRON; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHANEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER MASS;

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CAMBRIAN; EDIACARAN; NEOPROTEROZOIC; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT; ANIMAL; ATMOSPHERE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; HISTORY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEA; TIME;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; BIODIVERSITY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; IRON; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SULFIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84937829174     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14589     Document Type: Article

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