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Globally asynchronous sulphur isotope signals require re-definition of the Great Oxidation Event.

ABSTRACT: The Great Oxidation Event (GOE) has been defined as the time interval when sufficient atmospheric oxygen accumulated to prevent the generation and preservation of mass-independent fractionation of sulphur isotopes (MIF-S) in sedimentary rocks. Existing correlations suggest that the GOE was rapid and globally synchronous. Here we apply sulphur isotope analysis of diagenetic sulphides combined with U-Pb and Re-Os geochronology to document the sulphur cycle evolution in Western Australia spanning the GOE. Our data indicate that, from ~2.45?Gyr to beyond 2.31?Gyr, MIF-S was preserved in sulphides punctuated by several episodes of MIF-S disappearance. These results establish the MIF-S record as asynchronous between South Africa, North America and Australia, argue for regional-scale modulation of MIF-S memory effects due to oxidative weathering after the onset of the GOE, and suggest that the current paradigm of placing the GOE at 2.33-2.32?Ga based on the last occurrence of MIF-S in South Africa should be re-evaluated.

SUBMITTER: Philippot P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5993798 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Globally asynchronous sulphur isotope signals require re-definition of the Great Oxidation Event.

Philippot Pascal P Ávila Janaína N JN Killingsworth Bryan A BA Tessalina Svetlana S Baton Franck F Caquineau Tom T Muller Elodie E Pecoits Ernesto E Cartigny Pierre P Lalonde Stefan V SV Ireland Trevor R TR Thomazo Christophe C van Kranendonk Martin J MJ Busigny Vincent V

Nature communications 20180608 1

The Great Oxidation Event (GOE) has been defined as the time interval when sufficient atmospheric oxygen accumulated to prevent the generation and preservation of mass-independent fractionation of sulphur isotopes (MIF-S) in sedimentary rocks. Existing correlations suggest that the GOE was rapid and globally synchronous. Here we apply sulphur isotope analysis of diagenetic sulphides combined with U-Pb and Re-Os geochronology to document the sulphur cycle evolution in Western Australia spanning t ...[more]

PMID: 29884814

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Globally asynchronous sulphur isotope signals require re-definition of the Great Oxidation Event.

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Globally asynchronous sulphur isotope signals require re-definition of the Great Oxidation Event.

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