Research ArticleArticle

On carbon burial and net primary production through Earth's history

Noah J. Planavsky, Mojtaba Fakhraee, Edward W. Bolton, Christopher T. Reinhard, Terry T. Isson, Shuang Zhang and Benjamin J. W. Mills
American Journal of Science March 2022, 322 (3) 413-460; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/03.2022.01

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On carbon burial and net primary production through Earth's history
Noah J. Planavsky, Mojtaba Fakhraee, Edward W. Bolton, Christopher T. Reinhard, Terry T. Isson, Shuang Zhang, Benjamin J. W. Mills
American Journal of Science Mar 2022, 322 (3) 413-460; DOI: 10.2475/03.2022.01
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