Evolution of the global phosphorus cycle

Nature

Volumn 541, Issue 7637, 2017, Pages 386-389

  Reinhard, Christopher T ^a   Planavsky, Noah J ^b   Gill, Benjamin C ^c   Ozaki, Kazumi ^a,d   Robbins, Leslie J ^e   Lyons, Timothy W ^f   Fischer, Woodward W ^g   Wang, Chunjiang ^h   Cole, Devon B ^b   Konhauser, Kurt O ^e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IRON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; EARTH; GLOBAL CHANGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; REDFIELD RATIO; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DENITRIFICATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXYGENATION; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK; SEA; SEDIMENT; STOICHIOMETRY; ANIMAL; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; HISTORY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARBON; EARTH (PLANET); GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; IRON; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER;

EID: 85016020685     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature20772     Document Type: Article

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