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  • A Story of Oceanic Oxygenation in the Neoproterozoic

    Dust blowing off Namibia

    Drill core samples from a unique geological deposit in northeastern Namibia could reveal clues about fluctuations in marine redox conditions during the Neoproterozoic. The Hüttenberg formation shows a ‘stepwise pattern’ of oceanic oxygenation that occurred during this period of Earth’s history. The study also reveals local, and possibly global, environmental controls that resulted in features […]