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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 (9, 123, 124, 133, 134).”
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“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).”
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“Higher inputs of reductant relative to today—either due to higher mantle fluxes52, ongoing crustal oxidation during metamorphism hence more reduced metamorphic fluxes40 or greater submarine volcanism resulting in more reduced volatiles53—would affect the stability of an oxygen-sink-controlled feedback regime.”
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- Authors
- Holland, H. D.
- Affiliations
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Corresponding author
- Holland, Heinrich D.
- Venue
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-09
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 18
- Pages
- 5241-5255
- ISSN
- 0016-7037 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2081154678
- Cited by
- 191
- References
- 77
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 22 · 2012: 17
- FWCI
- 8.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 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
- atmospheric oxygenation, atmospheric evolution, volcanic gases, CO2/H2O ratio, degassing, CO2 recycling, sulfur dioxide, photosynthesis, Earth history
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