Temperature and salinity history of the Precambrian ocean: Implications for the course of microbial evolution

Geobiology: Objectives, Concepts, Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 53-69

  Knauth, L Paul ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.10.014     Document Type: Chapter

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