A persistently low level of atmospheric oxygen in Earth’s middle age

Liu, Xiao-Ming; Kah, Linda C.; Knoll, Andrew H.; Cui, Huan; Wang, Chao; Bekker, Andrey; Hazen, Robert M.

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20484-7

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A persistently low level of atmospheric oxygen in Earth’s middle age

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Liu, Xiao-Ming, Kah, Linda C., Knoll, Andrew H., Cui, Huan, Wang, Chao, Bekker, Andrey, Hazen, Robert M.·2021·Nature Communications

DOI 10.1038/s41467-020-20484-7PMC PMC7806885

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Resolving how Earth surface redox conditions evolved through the Proterozoic Eon is fundamental to understanding how biogeochemical cycles have changed through time. The redox sensitivity of cerium relative to other rare earth elements and its uptake in carbonate minerals make the Ce anomaly (Ce/Ce*) a particularly useful proxy for capturing redox conditions in the local marine environment. Here, we report Ce/Ce* data in marine carbonate rocks through 3.5 billion years of Earth’s history, focusing in particular on the mid-Proterozoic Eon (i.e., 1.8 – 0.8 Ga). To better understand the role of atmospheric oxygenation, we use Ce/Ce* data to estimate the partial pressure of atmospheric oxygen (pO 2 ) through this time. Our thermodynamics-based modeling supports a major rise in atmospheric oxygen level in the aftermath of the Great Oxidation Event (~ 2.4 Ga), followed by invariant pO 2 of about 1% of present atmospheric level through most of the Proterozoic Eon (2.4 to 0.65 Ga).

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There are geochemical signals for anoxic conditions in very-shallow-water environments, including in the wave-mixed portions of the oceans.
“In addition, there are geochemical signals for anoxic conditions in very-shallow-water environments, including in the wave-mixed portions of the oceans (Bellefroid et al. 2019, Doyle et al. 2018, Liu et al. 2021, Tang et al. 2016).”
From The History of Ocean Oxygenation (2022) · cites this paper as Liu et al. 2021
The Results (Sample selection and data filtering; page unavailable) describe geochemical measurements from relatively shallow-marine carbonates deposited beneath well-mixed surface waters. The Discussion (page unavailable) interprets the measurements as evidence for low mid-Proterozoic atmospheric oxygen, but does not establish anoxic conditions in very shallow or wave-mixed water. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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Cerium records from the mid-Proterozoic point similarly to low oxygen conditions even in shallow waters where carbonates were forming.
“Cerium (Ce) records from the mid-Proterozoic point similarly to low oxygen conditions even in shallow waters where carbonates were forming (Tang et al., 2016; Liu et al., 2021).”
From Oxygenation, Life, and the Planetary System during Earth's Middle History: An Overview (2021) · cites this paper as Liu et al., 2021
Atmospheric O2 during the mid-Proterozoic was well below that of the modern Earth.
“Although the precise range of atmospheric pO 2 values during the mid-Proterozoic is not yet clear (Gregory et al. 2021, Liu et al. 2021, Planavsky et al. 2018a), it is widely accepted that atmospheric O 2 was well below that of the modern Earth.”
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The precise range of atmospheric pO2 values during the mid-Proterozoic is not yet clear.
“Although the precise range of atmospheric pO 2 values during the mid-Proterozoic is not yet clear (Gregory et al. 2021, Liu et al. 2021, Planavsky et al. 2018a)”
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Authors: Liu, X.-M., Kah, L. C., Knoll, A. H., Cui, H., Wang, C., Bekker, A., & Hazen, R. M.
Affiliations: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
Harvard University (US)
Institut de physique du globe de Paris (FR)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
University of California, Riverside (US)
Carnegie Institution for Science (US)
ORCID: Kah, Linda C.
Knoll, Andrew H.
Cui, Huan
Wang, Chao
Bekker, Andrey
Hazen, Robert M.
Venue: Nature Communications
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2021-01-13
Volume: 12
Issue: 1
Pages: 351-351
ISSN: 2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20484-7
PMC: PMC7806885
OpenAlex: W3120679837
Cited by: 116
References: 47
Citations by year: 2026: 11 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 12
FWCI: 15.96
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
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Funders: National Science Foundation (EAR-1848153)
United States Department of Defense | United States Army | U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command | Army Research Office (W911NF-17-2-0028)
Canadian Network for Research and Innovation in Machining Technology, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
W. M. Keck Foundation
John Templeton Foundation
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Keywords: atmospheric oxygen, cerium anomaly, rare earth elements, Great Oxidation Event, oxygen partial pressure, paleo-oxygenation, biogeochemical cycles, thermodynamic modeling

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A persistently low level of atmospheric oxygen in Earth’s middle age

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