Continental configuration controls ocean oxygenation during the Phanerozoic - Nature.com

Analysis of a series of Earth system model experiments shows that continental rearrangement during the Phanerozoic had a marked influence on variations in ocean oxygenation, independent of atmospheric pO2.

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