Selenium isotope evidence for progressive oxidation of the Neoproterozoic biosphere

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Pogge Von Strandmann, Philip A E ^a,b   Stüeken, Eva E ^c   Elliott, Tim ^b   Poulton, Simon W ^d   Dehler, Carol M ^e   Canfield, Don E ^f   Catling, David C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; ISOTOPE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PYRITE; SEA WATER; SELENATE; SELENITE; SELENIUM; SULFUR;

BIOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; PROTEROZOIC; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEAWATER; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIATION; NEOPROTEROZOIC; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXYGENATION; SEA; SEDIMENT; ANALYSIS; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ANIMALIA;

ATMOSPHERE; EARTH (PLANET); GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SELENIUM;

EID: 84950349933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10157     Document Type: Article

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