The Mesoproterozoic oxygenation event

S Zhang, H Wang, X Wang, Y Ye - Science China Earth Sciences, 2021 - Springer
The accumulation of oxygen is one of the most important characteristics that distinguish
Earth from other planets in the solar system, which is also considered to be the key factor …

Early Cambrian sedimentary rocks in South China: A link between oceanic oxygenation and biological explosion

B Zhao, X Long, C Chang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Early Cambrian basin in South China has deposited successive sedimentary rocks,
which not only recorded geochemical information of the variation of palaeo-ocean …

Pyrite mega-analysis reveals modes of anoxia through geological time

JF Emmings, SW Poulton, J Walsh, KA Leeming… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The redox structure of the water column in anoxic basins through geological time remains
poorly resolved despite its importance to biological evolution/extinction and biogeochemical …

Mesoproterozoic oxygenation event: From shallow marine to atmosphere

B Xie, J Zhu, X Wang, D Xu, L Zhou, X Zhou… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Oxygen availability is crucial for the evolution of eukaryotes in geological history, but the
redox conditions of the mid-Proterozoic atmospheric-oceanic system remain vigorously …

Dynamic redox and nutrient cycling response to climate forcing in the Mesoproterozoic ocean

Y Song, FT Bowyer, BJW Mills, AS Merdith… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Controls on Mesoproterozoic ocean redox heterogeneity, and links to nutrient cycling and
oxygenation feedbacks, remain poorly resolved. Here, we report ocean redox and …

[HTML][HTML] Moderate levels of oxygenation during the late stage of Earth's Great Oxidation Event

FO Ossa, JE Spangenberg, A Bekker, S König… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
The later stages of Earth's transition to a permanently oxygenated atmosphere during the
Great Oxidation Event (GOE;∼ 2.43–2.06 Ga) is commonly linked with the suggestion of an …

Extensive sea-floor oxygenation during the early Mesoproterozoic

D Xu, Z Qin, X Wang, J Li, X Shi, D Tang… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
The Mesoproterozoic ocean was previously proposed to be characterized by low oxygen
concentrations that may have resulted in a stasis in eukaryotic evolution. Recent studies …

Evidence for contemporaneous deposition of the Duitschland and Rooihoogte formations (Transvaal Supergroup): Implications for tempo and mode of Earth's Great …

JC Havsteen, IC Kleinhanns, S Schröder… - Precambrian …, 2023 - Elsevier
The stratigraphic correlation of the ca. 2353±18 Ma to 2316±7 Ma Duitschland and
Rooihoogte formations, Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa, becomes critically important …

Marine aluminum phosphate–sulfate authigenesis as a phosphorus sink during mid‐Proterozoic oxygenation

B Xie, M Lechte, X Shi, X Wang, L Zhou… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Enhanced continental phosphorus input into the ocean has been suggested as a potential
trigger for the transient oxygenation events during the mid‐Proterozoic; however, the …

Large Igneous Province Emplacement Triggered an Oxygenation Event at∼ 1.4 Ga: Evidence From Mercury and Paleo‐Productivity Proxies

L Xu, M Lechte, X Shi, W Zheng, L Zhou… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The mid‐Proterozoic (∼ 1.8–0.8 Ga) ocean‐atmosphere system is hypothesized to
have experienced fluctuations in redox conditions with transient oxygenation events. One of …