The rise of oxygen in Earth’s early ocean and atmosphere

By T. Lyons, C. Reinhard, N. Planavsky. Nature, 2014

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Paleontology

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In Atmospheric Science

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6. Andrew H. Knoll
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In Environmental Chemistry

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In Paleontology

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• Statistical analysis of iron geochemical data suggests limited late Proterozoic oxygenation (2015, positive): “Oxygen constraints include: (1) persistently anoxic subsurface waters requiring less than 40% PAL(10) (iron-speciation data for the Ordovician– Devonian is not statistically different from that of previous time bins, but data are sparse and may be subject to sampling biases—see Supplementary Informa”
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