Passive margins in accreting Archaean archipelagos signal continental stability promoting early atmospheric oxygen rise

Yaying Peng; Timothy Kusky; Lu Wang; Zhikang Luan; Chuanhai Wang; Xuanyu Liu; Yating Zhong; Noreen J. Evans

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35559-w

Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Passive margins in accreting Archaean archipelagos signal continental stability promoting early atmospheric oxygen rise

Yaying Peng,
Timothy Kusky,
Lu Wang,
Zhikang Luan,
Chuanhai Wang,
Xuanyu Liu,
Yating Zhong,
Noreen J. Evans

Affiliations

Yaying Peng: State Key Lab of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Center for Global Tectonics, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences
Timothy Kusky: State Key Lab of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Center for Global Tectonics, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences
Lu Wang: State Key Lab of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Center for Global Tectonics, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences
Zhikang Luan: State Key Lab of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Center for Global Tectonics, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences
Chuanhai Wang: State Key Lab of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Center for Global Tectonics, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences
Xuanyu Liu: State Key Lab of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Center for Global Tectonics, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences
Yating Zhong: State Key Lab of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Center for Global Tectonics, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences
Noreen J. Evans: School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, John de Laeter Centre, Curtin University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35559-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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This research reports a 2.5-billion year-old passive margin formed in accreting archipelagos, highlighting the contribution of early continent formation and the relationship between continental stabilization and early atmospheric oxygen rise.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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