The ocean chemistry of 1.5 billion years ago, inferred from rocks of that age, supports the view that marine conditions then were very different from those that pertained at earlier and later times.
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Hurtgen, M. Ancient oceans and oxygen. Nature 423, 592–593 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/423592a
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