Hydrogen sulphide and lack of oxygen stifled early life
Press/Media: Press / Media
21/08/2012
After the Triassic geological period gave way to the Jurassic, life was almost impossible on the seabed in coastal waters. The water here lacked oxygen but was rich in toxic hydrogen sulphide.
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Hydrogen sulphide and lack of oxygen stifled early life
Sybille Hillebrandt
Science Nordic
- mass extinction, end-Triassic, Jurassic, hydrogen sulfide, ocean
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