Earth's oxygen increased in gradual steps rather than big bursts
Friday, August 31, 2018 - 09:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A carbon cycle anomaly discovered in carbonate rocks of the Neoproterozoic Hüttenberg Formation of north-eastern Namibia follows a pattern similar to that found right after the Great Oxygenation Event, hinting at new evidence for how Earth's atmosphere became fully oxygenated.