Linking Atmospheric Oxygenation to the Deep Earth
This thesis proposes a model for the co-evolution of the Earth’s interior and surface environment. Specifically, this model suggests that the emergence of continents above sea-level 2.4 billion years ago led to a flush of nutrients into the oceans providing a boost for photosynthetic bacteria. Event...
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Curtin University
2020
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82608 |