Perturbation of the marine nitrogen cycle during the Late Ordovician glaciation and mass extinction

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 448, Issue , 2016, Pages 339-348

  Luo, Genming ^a,b,c   Algeo, Thomas J ^a,d   Zhan, Renbin ^c   Yan, Detian ^a   Huang, Junhua ^c   Liu, Jiangsi ^a   Xie, Shucheng ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Hirnantian; Mass extinction; N2O; Nitrogen cycle; South China

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DENITRIFICATION; GLACIATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; GREENHOUSE GAS; HIRNANTIAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS EXTINCTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PERTURBATION; PHANEROZOIC; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84960342483     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.07.018     Document Type: Article

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