Atmospheric oxygenation driven by unsteady growth of the continental sedimentary reservoir
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DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.12.012
Abstract: Abstract Atmospheric oxygen concentration has increased over Earth history, from ∼0 before 2.5 billion years ago to its present-day concentration of 21%. The initial rise in pO2 approximately 2.3 billion years ago required oxygenic photosynthesis,… read more here.
Keywords: atmospheric oxygen; oxygenation; oxygenation driven; atmospheric oxygenation ... See more keywords