Isotopic evolution of the biogeochemical carbon cycle during the precambrian

Stable Isotope Geochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue , 2019, Pages 555-578

  Des Marais, David J ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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BIOGEOCHEMICAL; CARBON CYCLES; PRECAMBRIAN;

CARBON;

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