Ferruginous Conditions Dominated Later Neoproterozoic Deep-Water Chemistry
Harvard University · University of Southern Denmark · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Earth's surface chemical environment has evolved from an early anoxic condition to the oxic state we have today. Transitional between an earlier Proterozoic world with widespread deep-water anoxia and a Phanerozoic world with large oxygen-utilizing animals, the Neoproterozoic Era [1000 to 542 million years ago (Ma)] plays a key role in this history. The details of Neoproterozoic Earth surface oxygenation, however, remain unclear. We report that through much of the later Neoproterozoic (
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Authors
7- DEDonald E. CanfieldCorresponding
Harvard University, University of Southern Denmark, Queen's University, Knowledge Unlatched (Germany), Newcastle University
- SWSimon W. Poulton
Harvard University, University of Southern Denmark, Queen's University, Knowledge Unlatched (Germany), Newcastle University
- AHAndrew H. Knoll
Harvard University, University of Southern Denmark, Queen's University, Knowledge Unlatched (Germany), Newcastle University
- GMGuy M. Narbonne
Harvard University, University of Southern Denmark, Queen's University, Knowledge Unlatched (Germany), Newcastle University
- GRGerry Ross
Harvard University, University of Southern Denmark, Queen's University, Knowledge Unlatched (Germany), Newcastle University
Topics & keywords
- Proterozoic
- Anoxic waters
- Phanerozoic
- Earth history
- Geology
- Deep water
- Precambrian
- Early Earth
- Life below water