Phosphorus sources for phosphatic Cambrian carbonates

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 145-163

  Creveling, Jessica R ^a   Johnston, David T ^a   Poulton, Simon W ^b   Kotrc, Benjamin ^a   März, Christian ^c   Schrag, Daniel P ^a   Knoll, Andrew H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; DECAY (ORGANIC); IRON; LIMESTONE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MINERALS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS;

EDIACARAN CAMBRIANS; ORGANIC CARBON BURIAL; PHOSPHORUS ADSORPTION; PHOSPHORUS ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS SOURCES; SKELETAL MATERIALS; STOICHIOMETRIC MODELS; SUBSURFACE WATERS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION;

CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; LIMESTONE; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84987642631     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30819.1     Document Type: Article

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