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What caused the rise of atmospheric O2?

Kasting, James F.·2013·Chemical Geology

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  • Hypotheses for a slowly decreasing O2 sink to the GOE tipping point rely on a decline in the ratio of reduced-to-oxidized species from volcanic, metamorphic, and hydrothermal sources.

    “Hypotheses for a slowly decreasing O2 sink to the GOE tipping point rely on a decline in the ratio of reduced-to-oxidized species from volcanic, metamorphic, and hydrothermal sources (9, 123, 124, 133, 134).”

    From The Archean atmosphere (2020) · cites this paper as [124]

  • These O2 levels would have only been attained when the O2 flux from the burial of organic carbon exceeded the kinetically efficient sink from O2-consuming gases from volcanism and metamorphism plus fluxes of reducing cations such as Fe2+ from seafloor vents.

    “These O2 levels would have only been attained when the O2 flux from the burial of organic carbon exceeded the kinetically efficient sink from O2-consuming gases (CO, H2, H2S, and SO2) from volcanism and metamorphism plus fluxes of reducing cations such as Fe2+ from seafloor vents (9, 120, 121, 123, 124).”

    From The Archean atmosphere (2020) · cites this paper as [124]

  • The Ni decline was attributed to mantle cooling and decreasing frequency of Ni-rich ultramafic eruptions, which limited Ni-source rocks susceptible to weathering and perhaps impacted atmospheric oxygenation through effects on biological carbon cycling.

    “This decline was attributed to mantle cooling and, with that, the decreasing frequency of Ni-rich ultramafic eruptions.This subsequently limited the amount of Ni-source rocks susceptible to weathering, and perhaps even impacted atmospheric oxygenation by its effect on biological carbon cycling”

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Authors
Kasting, J. F.
Affiliations
Pennsylvania State University (US)
Corresponding author
Kasting, James F.
Venue
Chemical Geology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-12
Volume
362
Pages
13-25
ISSN
0009-2541 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2061716126
Cited by
144
References
113
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 2
FWCI
6.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Chemical Geology (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • NASA Astrobiology Institute
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution
Keywords
Great Oxidation, atmospheric oxygen rise, oxygenic photosynthesis, early Earth atmosphere, carbon isotope record, marine carbonates, redox homeostasis, banded iron formations, nickel availability, subaerial volcanism, sulfur cycling

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