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- From: steinly@topaz.ucsc.edu (Steinn Sigurdsson)
- Newsgroups: sci.environment
- Subject: Re: Evolution of the Atmosphere (Re: Another ozone question)
- Date: 27 Jan 93 18:55:29
- Organization: Lick Observatory/UCO
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- References: <1993Jan27.015316.13546@cs.rochester.edu> <18183@umd5.umd.edu>
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- In-reply-to: parson_r@cubldr.colorado.edu's message of Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:53:18 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.175318.1@cubldr.colorado.edu> parson_r@cubldr.colorado.edu (Robert Parson) writes:
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- In article <1993Jan27.175931.9409@cs.rochester.edu>, dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz) writes:
- > In article <18183@umd5.umd.edu> bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu (Bill Williams) writes:
-
- [concerning the evolution of atmospheric oxygen]
-
- >>Wouldn't it depend on the global rate of photosynthesis, arguably much
- >>lower during the early
- >>evolution of photosynthetic organisms?
-
- > Undoubtedly. It would also depend on the rate of sedimentation, which
- > was arguably higher early in the history of the earth (when
- > radioactivity was higher, which might increase the rate of tectonic
- > activity), and on the rate of decomposition of seafloor organic
- > matter, which was argubly lower when the oceans were more anoxic.
-
- Yes to all of the above. 2 billion years ago the only O2 sources were
- photosynthetic bacteria and blue-green algae. Don't know what their
- ...
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- One thing I don't know is whether there is any direct geochemical evidence
- for precambrian O2 levels, or whether they are inferred from the biology
- present at the time.
-
- See Lambert&Donnelly "Global and Planetary Change" _97_ 83 1991
- for review of geochemical evidence. Basically the answer seems
- to be "yes" there is direct geochemical evidence for changing
- O2 levels at the proterozoic-cambrian boundary.
-
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