Molar tooth carbonates and benthic methane fluxes in Proterozoic oceans

Molar tooth carbonates and benthic methane fluxes in Proterozoic oceans

Molar tooth structures are common in early- to mid-Proterozoic carbonates but extremely rare in rocks younger than 750 Ma. Here, the authors show molar tooth carbonate formation is related to benthic methane fluxes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bing Shen, Lin Dong, Shuhai Xiao, Xianguo Lang, Kangjun Huang, Yongbo Peng, Chuanming Zhou, Shan Ke, Pengju Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10317
Description
Summary:Molar tooth structures are common in early- to mid-Proterozoic carbonates but extremely rare in rocks younger than 750 Ma. Here, the authors show molar tooth carbonate formation is related to benthic methane fluxes.
ISSN:2041-1723

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