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Sea change for the rise of oxygen

Timothy W. Lyons () and Christopher T. Reinhard ()
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Timothy W. Lyons: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
Christopher T. Reinhard: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA.

Nature, 2011, vol. 478, issue 7368, 194-195

Abstract: A model proposes that falling sea levels shifted the make-up of volcanic gases on the early Earth, triggering a chain of events that may have allowed photosynthesis in the ocean to oxygenate the atmosphere. See Letter p.229

Date: 2011
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