The Story of O 2
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How did biological, geochemical, and geophysical processes produce an atmosphere that allowed complex animal life to evolve?
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Oxygen in the form of liquid water has been continually present on Earth's surface since ~200 million years after the accretion of the planet.
“While O in the form of liquid water has been continually present on Earth's surface since ∼200 million years after the accretion of the planet (Falkowski and Isozaki, 2008), O2 gas was essentially absent from the atmosphere until the Great Oxidation Event”
From The Astrobiology Primer v2.0 (2016) · cites this paper as Falkowski and Isozaki, 2008
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“While O in the form of liquid water has been continually present on Earth’s surface since *200 million years after the accretion of the planet (Falkowski and Isozaki, 2008), O2 gas was essentially absent from the atmosphere until the Great Oxidation Event, when O2 concentrations at the surface of the planet rose from…”
- Authors
- Falkowski, P. G., & Isozaki, Y.
- Affiliations
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2008-10-24
- Volume
- 322
- Issue
- 5901
- Pages
- 540-542
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1567021096
- Cited by
- 68
- References
- 6
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- FWCI
- 5.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (20224012)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Keywords
- atmospheric evolution, early Earth atmosphere, biological processes, geochemical processes, geophysical processes, origin of animal life
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Atmosphere, Carbon, Geology, Oxidation-Reduction, Oxygen, Oxygen Consumption, Photosynthesis, Phytoplankton, Plants, Time, Water, Ecosystem, Geologic Sediments, Evolution, Chemical, Photosystem II Protein Complex, Geological Phenomena
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