Sufficient oxygen for animal respiration 1,400 million years ago

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

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1731-1736

  Zhang, Shuichang ^a   Wang, Xiaomei ^a   Wang, Huajian ^a   Bjerrum, Christian J ^b   Hammarlund, Emma U ^c   Costa, M Mafalda ^b,d   Connelly, James N ^b,d   Zhang, Baomin ^a   Su, Jin ^a   Canfield, Donald E ^c  

^a CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Biomarkers; Mesoproterozoic; Oxygen minimum zone; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CARBON; OXYGEN; TRACE METAL; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BREATHING; CHINA; GEOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION; WATER;

EID: 84959020454     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1523449113     Document Type: Article

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