Land of Early Earth: Before and After the Great Oxygenation Event (IMAGE)

University of Oregon

Land of Early Earth: Before and After the Great Oxygenation Event

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A conceptual rendering suggests how Earth's land elevations and oceans may have appeared during the assembly of Kenorland, left, and later, right, after the Great Oxygenation Event. A University of Oregon-led study has potentially narrowed the window on when significant amounts of land emerged from under the ocean's surface.

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Graphic by Ilya Bindeman

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