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Clay-assisted organic carbon burial induced early Paleozoic atmospheric oxygenation - EurekAlert


<p>Prof. WEI Guangyi of Nanjing University and Prof. ZHAO Mingyu of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics have used new lithium isotope data to show that continental clay export promoted organic carbon burial and thus atmospheric oxygenation during the Cambrian period.&nbsp;</p>

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