Differential cycling of carbonate and organic carbon in the mantle may link the Great Oxidation Event and the subsequent increase in carbon isotope values, according to a model that links the Earth’s surface and interior.
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Rugenstein, J.K.C. What goes down must come up. Nat. Geosci. 13, 5–7 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0514-4
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