The history of ocean oxygenation

CT Reinhard, NJ Planavsky - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The large-scale dynamics of ocean oxygenation have changed dramatically throughout
Earth's history, in step with major changes in the abundance of O2 in the atmosphere and …

Life on the Edge: The Cambrian Marine Realm and Oxygenation

SB Pruss, BC Gill - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The beginning of the Phanerozoic saw two biological events that set the stage for all life that
was to come:(a) the Cambrian Explosion (the appearance of most marine invertebrate …

Continental configuration controls ocean oxygenation during the Phanerozoic

A Pohl, A Ridgwell, RG Stockey, C Thomazo, A Keane… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The early evolutionary and much of the extinction history of marine animals is thought to be
driven by changes in dissolved oxygen concentrations ([O2]) in the ocean,–. In turn,[O2] is …

Temporal variation of planetary iron as a driver of evolution

J Wade, DJ Byrne, CJ Ballentine… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Iron is an irreplaceable component of proteins and enzyme systems required for life. This
need for iron is a well-characterized evolutionary mechanism for genetic selection. However …

[HTML][HTML] Slab-derived devolatilization fluids oxidized by subducted metasedimentary rocks

JJ Ague, S Tassara, ME Holycross, JL Li, E Cottrell… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Metamorphic devolatilization of subducted slabs generates aqueous fluids that ascend into
the mantle wedge, driving the partial melting that produces arc magmas. These magmas …

Spatial pattern of marine oxygenation set by tectonic and ecological drivers over the Phanerozoic

X Wang, TJ Algeo, C Li, M Zhu - Nature Geoscience, 2023 - nature.com
Marine redox conditions (that is, oxygen levels) impact a wide array of biogeochemical
cycles, but the main controls of marine redox since the start of the Phanerozoic about 538 …

[HTML][HTML] Late Paleozoic oxygenation of marine environments supported by dolomite U-Pb dating

M Ben-Israel, RM Holder, LL Nelson, EF Smith… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding causal relationships between evolution and ocean oxygenation hinges on
reliable reconstructions of marine oxygen levels, typically from redox-sensitive geochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Major Early-Middle Devonian oceanic oxygenation linked to early land plant evolution detected using high-resolution U isotopes of marine limestones

M Elrick, GJ Gilleaudeau, SJ Romaniello… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The middle Paleozoic (∼ 420-350 Myr) records a major increase in ocean-
atmosphere oxygen levels; however, the timing and pattern of oxygenation are poorly …

Redox dynamics of later Cambrian oceans

BC Gill, TW Dahl, EU Hammarlund, MA LeRoy… - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
A growing body of evidence suggests that the deep oceans during the early Paleozoic Era
were widely oxygen deficient, despite evidence for increased marine oxygenation during the …

Ironstone as a proxy of Paleozoic ocean oxygenation

EJ Matheson, PK Pufahl, A Voinot, JB Murphy… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine ironstone is a Phanerozoic biochemical sedimentary rock that contains abundant
primary iron. Although rare, ironstone is conspicuous in the Paleozoic sedimentary record …