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Mantle data imply a decline of oxidizable volcanic gases could have triggered the Great Oxidation

Aerobic lifeforms, including humans, thrive because of abundant atmospheric O(2), but for much of Earth history O(2) levels were low. Even after evidence for oxygenic photosynthesis appeared, the atmosphere remained anoxic for hundreds of millions of years until the ~2.4 Ga Great Oxidation Event. Th...

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Autores principales: Kadoya, Shintaro, Catling, David C., Nicklas, Robert W., Puchtel, Igor S., Anbar, Ariel D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7265485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32487988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16493-1