On the evolution of atmosphere-ocean oxygenation and plate tectonic processes as recorded in Paleoproterozoic sedimentary basins

• Published in: Chemical Geology
• Main Author: Partin, Camille Ann
• Other Authors: Bekker, Andrey (Geological Sciences), Camacho, Alfredo (Geological Sciences) Wang, Feiyue (Chemistry) Galven Halverson (Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University)
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2013
• Subjects: Paleoproterozoic; Great Oxidation Event; rise of atmospheric oxygen; U-Pb geochronology; chemostratigraphy; Rae craton; geochemical uranium cycle; global magmatic shutdown; basin analysis; Arctic; Canada; Rae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/22727

Important geochemical and tectonic events in the Paleoproterozoic Era lay the foundation for the status and operation of the modern Earth, including the initial rise of atmospheric oxygen paving the path for animal evolution, and the emergence of modern plate tectonic processes leading to the amalga...