GOE

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GOE refers to the Great Oxidation Event, a pivotal period in Earth's history when atmospheric oxygen levels rose dramatically, transforming the planet's environment and enabling the evolution of complex life.

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Label Occurrences
GOE canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological event ⓘ
paleoclimatic event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs GOE ⓘ
Great Oxygenation Event ⓘ
Oxygen Catastrophe ⓘ
Oxygen Crisis ⓘ
Oxygen Revolution ⓘ
characterizedBy increase of atmospheric O2 from trace levels to at least 0.1 percent of present atmospheric level ⓘ
long-term stabilization of free oxygen in the atmosphere ⓘ
transition from reducing to more oxidizing atmosphere ⓘ
endTime approximately 2.0 billion years ago ⓘ
evidenceFrom banded iron formations ⓘ
detrital pyrite and uraninite disappearance ⓘ
paleosols ⓘ
red beds ⓘ
sulfur isotope records ⓘ
followedBy Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event ⓘ
Proterozoic oxygenation events ⓘ
progressive oxygenation of deep oceans ⓘ
hasCause biological production of oxygen ⓘ
decline in volcanic and mantle-derived reducing gases ⓘ
oxygenic photosynthesis by cyanobacteria ⓘ
hasEffect appearance of red beds in the geological record ⓘ
change in sulfur isotope signatures ⓘ
changes in nutrient cycles, including phosphorus and nitrogen ⓘ
decrease in atmospheric methane concentration ⓘ
disappearance of mass-independent fractionation of sulfur isotopes in sediments ⓘ
enabling evolution of more complex aerobic life ⓘ
formation of an ozone layer ⓘ
global climatic cooling ⓘ
increase in continental weathering rates ⓘ
mass extinction of many anaerobic microorganisms ⓘ
oxidation of Earth’s surface environment ⓘ
permanent change in redox state of oceans and atmosphere ⓘ
possible initiation of Paleoproterozoic Snowball Earth glaciations ⓘ
precipitation of banded iron formations ⓘ
rise in atmospheric oxygen levels ⓘ
widespread oxidation of iron in oceans ⓘ
precededBy Archean anoxic atmosphere ⓘ
relevanceTo evolution of complex life ⓘ
habitability of Earth ⓘ
search for biosignatures on exoplanets ⓘ
startTime approximately 2.4 billion years ago ⓘ
studiedInField Earth system science ⓘ
astrobiology ⓘ
geochemistry ⓘ
geology ⓘ
paleoclimatology ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Paleoproterozoic Eon ⓘ

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Great Oxidation Event → alsoKnownAs → GOE ⓘ
subject linked to: GOE