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The mountains that triggered the Late Neoproterozoic increase in oxygen: The second great oxidation event

Date

Authors

Campbell, Ian

Squire, Richard J.

Publisher

Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd

Abstract

The consensus view is that the O2 concentration of the Archean atmosphere was very low and that it rose to its present level of 21% in a series of steps, two of which dwarf the others in importance. The first, known as the Great Oxidation Event, occurred

Keywords

Keywords: Archean; burial diagenesis; carbon sequestration; erosion; Gondwana; oxidation; oxygen; paleoenvironment; Proterozoic; sedimentation; algae; Animalia; Cyanobacteria

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/55656

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.gca.2010.04.064

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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