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Atmospheric oxygen over Phanerozoic time

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: It is quite possible that the level of atmospheric oxygen has varied (roughly between 15 and 30% O2) over the past 550 million years. This variation is suggested by modeling of the carbon and sulfur cycles, by the excessive sediment burial of organic matter that accompanied the advent of large vascular land plants, and by recent physiological studies that relate to biological evolution.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.20.10955

Author: Robert A. Berner

Institution: Yale University

Language: English

Topic: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2131731927

FWCI: 4.709

Cites: 40

Cited by: 285

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