Great Oxidation Events

GPTKB entity

Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Great_Oxygenation_Event
gptkb:GOE
gptkbp:causedBy photosynthetic cyanobacteria
gptkbp:endDate 2.0 billion years ago
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Neoproterozoic_Oxygenation_Event
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Oxidation Events
gptkbp:location gptkb:Earth
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:Paleoproterozoic_Era
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Archean_Eon
gptkbp:resultedIn increase in atmospheric oxygen
mass extinction of anaerobic organisms
gptkbp:significance enabled evolution of aerobic life
triggered global glaciations (Huronian glaciation)
gptkbp:startDate 2.4 billion years ago
gptkbp:studiedIn Earth sciences
geology
paleontology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Earth's_oxygenation_events
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7