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Why the atmosphere became oxygenated: A proposal
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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).”
From The Archean atmosphere (2020) · cites this paper as [123]
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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).”
From The Archean atmosphere (2020) · cites this paper as [123]
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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.”
From Atmospheric oxygen regulation at low Proterozoic levels by incomplete oxidative weathering of sedimentary organic carbon (2017) · cites this paper as [52]
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The Chemical Evolution of the Atmosphere and Oceans
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The snowball Earth hypothesis: testing the limits of global change
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The oxygenation of the atmosphere and oceans
Holland, H. D. (2006) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2006.1838 · Cited by 1,535
Self-citationThe chemistry of the atmosphere and oceans
Sibley, D. F. (1979) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/0016-7037(79)90059-0 · Cited by 1,141
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Self-citationTHE EARLY HISTORY OF ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN: Homage to Robert M. Garrels
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Volcanic gases, black smokers, and the great oxidation event
Holland, H. D. (2002) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/s0016-7037(02)00950-x · Cited by 920
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- Holland, 1990, A paleoweathering profile from Griqualand, South Africa: evidence for a dramatic rise in atmospheric oxygen between 2.2 and 1.9 BYBP, Am. J. Sci., 290A, 1
- Porcelli D., Turekian K. K. (2004) The history of planetary degassing as recorded by noble gases, chapter 4.11. In The Treatise on Geochemistry, vol. 4 (eds. R. F. Keeling (Volume), H. D. Holland and K. K. Turekian (Exec.)). Elsevier Pergamon, Amsterdam, pp. 281–318.
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The Neoproterozoic oxygenation event: Environmental perturbations and biogeochemical cycling
Och, L. M., & Shields-Zhou, G. A. (2012) · Earth-Science Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.09.004 · Cited by 646
“In this regard, the effects of increased tectonic recycling versus dwindling mantle outgassing rates, although mooted for the earlier Great Oxidation Event (Holland, 2009), remain to be constrained during the NOE.”
BackgroundSediment-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits in Earth History
Leach, D. L., Bradley, D. C., Huston, D. L., Pisarevsky, S., Taylor, R. D., & Gardoll, S. J. (2010) · Economic Geology · doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.105.3.593 · Cited by 579
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Rapid oxygenation of Earth’s atmosphere 2.33 billion years ago
Luo, G., Ono, S., Beukes, N. J., Wang, D. T., Xie, S., & Summons, R. E. (2016) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.1600134 · Cited by 371
Oxygen overshoot and recovery during the early Paleoproterozoic
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Metadata
- 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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