Nitrogen fixation sustained productivity in the wake of the Palaeoproterozoic Great Oxygenation Event

The response of biogeochemical nitrogen cycle to Earth-surface oxygenation remains poorly known. Here, the authors show that aerobic nitrogen cycling was pervasive prior to the Great Oxygenation Event (GOE), but its evolution was complex, with diazotrophy prevailing and sustaining productivity after...

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Main Authors: Genming Luo, Christopher K. Junium, Gareth Izon, Shuhei Ono, Nicolas J. Beukes, Thomas J. Algeo, Ying Cui, Shucheng Xie, Roger E. Summons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03361-2