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Geological constraints on the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis

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Farquhar, James, Zerkle, Aubrey L., Bekker, Andrey·2011·Photosynthesis Research

DOI 10.1007/s11120-010-9594-0

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This article examines the geological evidence for the rise of atmospheric oxygen and the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis. The evidence for the rise of atmospheric oxygen places a minimum time constraint before which oxygenic photosynthesis must have developed, and was subsequently established as the primary control on the atmospheric oxygen level. The geological evidence places the global rise of atmospheric oxygen, termed the Great Oxidation Event (GOE), between ~2.45 and ~2.32 Ga, and it is captured within the Duitschland Formation, which shows a transition from mass-independent to mass-dependent sulfur isotope fractionation. The rise of atmospheric oxygen during this interval is closely associated with a number of environmental changes, such as glaciations and intense continental weathering, and led to dramatic changes in the oxidation state of the ocean and the seawater inventory of transition elements. There are other features of the geologic record predating the GOE by as much as 200-300 million years, perhaps extending as far back as the Mesoarchean-Neoarchean boundary at 2.8 Ga, that suggest the presence of low level, transient or local, oxygenation. If verified, these features would not only imply an earlier origin for oxygenic photosynthesis, but also require a mechanism to decouple oxygen production from oxidation of Earth's surface environments. Most hypotheses for the GOE suggest that oxygen production by oxygenic photosynthesis is a precondition for the rise of oxygen, but that a synchronous change in atmospheric oxygen level is not required by the onset of this oxygen source. The potential lag-time in the response of Earth surface environments is related to the way that oxygen sinks, such as reduced Fe and sulfur compounds, respond to oxygen production. Changes in oxygen level imply an imbalance in the sources and sinks for oxygen. Changes in the cycling of oxygen have occurred at various times before and after the GOE, and do not appear to require corresponding changes in the intensity of oxygenic photosynthesis. The available geological constraints for these changes do not, however, disallow a direct role for this metabolism. The geological evidence for early oxygen and hypotheses for the controls on oxygen level are the basis for the interpretation of photosynthetic oxygen production as examined in this review.

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Authors: Farquhar, J., Zerkle, A. L., & Bekker, A.
Affiliations: Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (US)
University of Manitoba (CA)
Corresponding author: Farquhar, James
Zerkle, Aubrey L.
Bekker, Andrey
ORCID: Farquhar, James
Zerkle, Aubrey L.
Bekker, Andrey
Venue: Photosynthesis Research
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2010-09-30
Volume: 107
Issue: 1
Pages: 11-36
ISSN: 0166-8595 (ISSN-L)
1573-5079
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-010-9594-0
OpenAlex: W1994046946
Cited by: 223
References: 202
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FWCI: 1.54
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
doi.org
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Photosynthesis Research (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution
Keywords: oxygenic photosynthesis, Great Oxidation Event, atmospheric oxygen rise, continental weathering, glaciation, ocean redox state, oxygen sink, origin of photosynthesis
MeSH terms: Cyanobacteria, Atmosphere, Carbon Isotopes, Environment, Biological Evolution, Molybdenum, Nitrogen Isotopes, Oxidation-Reduction, Oxygen, Photosynthesis, Sulfur Isotopes, Time Factors, Geologic Sediments, Evolution, Chemical, Iron Compounds

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