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Two-billion-year-old evaporites capture Earth’s great oxidation

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Blättler, C. L., Claire, M. W., Prave, A. R., Kirsimäe, K., Higgins, J. A., Medvedev, P. V., Romashkin, A. E., Rychanchik, D. V. +9 more·2018·Science

Abstract

A strongly oxidizing Paleoproterozoic era: Two billion years ago, marine sulfate concentrations were around one-third as high as modern ones, constituting an oxidizing capacity equivalent to more than 20% of that of the modern ocean-atmosphere system. Blättler et al. found this by analyzing a remarkable evaporite succession more than 1 billion years older than the oldest comparable deposit discovered to date. These quantitative results, for a time when only more qualitative information was previously available, provide a constraint on the magnitude and timing of early Earth's response to the Great Oxidation Event 2.3 billion years ago. Science , this issue p. 320

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  • Stable calcium isotope composition of Tulomozero evaporites, together with presence of magnesium sulfate minerals, constrains contemporaneous seawater to contain at least approximately 10 mmol kg-1.

    “The stable calcium isotope composition of Tulomozero evaporites, together with the presence of magnesium sulfate minerals, further constrains contemporaneous seawater to contain at least ∼10 mmol kg -1 (Blättler et al. 2018).”

    From The History of Ocean Oxygenation (2022) · cites this paper as Blättler et al. 2018

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Blättler, C. L., Claire, M. W., Prave, A. R., Kirsimäe, K., Higgins, J. A., Medvedev, P. V., Romashkin, A. E., Rychanchik, D. V., Zerkle, A. L., Paiste, K., Kreitsmann, T., Millar, I. L., Hayles, J. A., Bao, H., Turchyn, A. V., Warke, M. R., & Lepland, A.
Affiliations
  • Princeton University (US)
  • University of St Andrews (GB)
  • University of Tartu (EE)
  • Institute of Geology, Karelian Research Centre, Pushkinskaya 11, 185610 Petrozavodsk, Russia.
  • Institute of Geology of the Karelian Research Center (RU)
  • Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (NO)
  • British Geological Survey (GB)
  • Rice University (US)
  • Louisiana State University (US)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
  • Tallinn University of Technology (EE)
Corresponding author
Blättler, C. L.
Venue
Science
Published
2018-04-20
Volume
360
Issue
6386
Pages
320-323
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2792328853
Cited by
159
References
73
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 13
FWCI
16.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Department of Earth Sciences EPrints Repository (acceptedVersion)
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Civil War Book Review (submittedVersion)
  • NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • St Andrews Research Repository (St Andrews Research Repository) (submittedVersion)
  • Apollo (cc-by)
Funders
  • Simons Foundation (339006)
  • H2020 European Research Council (678812)
  • Research Council of Norway (223259)
  • Estonian Science Agency (PUT696)
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
Great Oxidation, Paleoproterozoic, evaporites, halite, anhydrite, magnesite, dolomite, marine sulfate, atmospheric oxygenation, sedimentology, mineralogy, geochemistry

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