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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yaying Peng, Timothy Kusky, Lu Wang, Zhikang Luan, Chuanhai Wang, Xuanyu Liu, Yating Zhong, Noreen J. Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35559-w