摘要
The"Boring Billion"refers the era between c.1.8 and 0.8 billion years ago(Ga)(Holland,2006;Young,2013).Especially,the period from 1.6 to 1.0 Ga is known as"the dullest time in Earth’s deep-time history"(Buick et al.,1995).The reason why this period is referred to as the"Boring Billion"is because there were very few’special’or’interesting’events discovered in the geological or geochemical records over nearly one-fourth of Earth's deep-time history.
基金
granted by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41761144072 and 41888101).
