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

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    Philippot, P.
    Ávila, J.
    Killingsworth, B.
    Tessalina, Svetlana
    Baton, F.
    Caquineau, T.
    Muller, E.
    Pecoits, E.
    Cartigny, P.
    Lalonde, S.
    Ireland, T.
    Thomazo, C.
    Van Kranendonk, M.
    Busigny, V.
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Philippot, P. and Ávila, J. and Killingsworth, B. and Tessalina, S. and Baton, F. and Caquineau, T. and Muller, E. et al. 2018. Globally asynchronous sulphur isotope signals require re-definition of the Great Oxidation Event. Nature Communications. 9 (1).
    Source Title
    Nature Communications
    DOI
    10.1038/s41467-018-04621-x
    ISSN
    2041-1723
    School
    John de Laeter Centre
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69204
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    © 2018 The Author(s). 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.

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