Biomarker Records Associated with Mass Extinction Events

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 581-612

  Whiteside, Jessica H ^a   Grice, Kliti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2; Carbon cycling; Evolution

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; EARTH (PLANET);

BIOMARKER RECORDS; CARBON CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL BALANCE; MASS EXTINCTION EVENTS; OCEAN ACIDIFICATIONS;

BIOMARKERS;

ACIDIFICATION; BIOMARKER; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MASS EXTINCTION;

EID: 84977117702     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-060115-012501     Document Type: Article

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