Re: "Oxygen Helped Mammals Grow, Study Finds"

[Aidan Karley <aidan_karley@yahoo.co.uk>]

In article <BAY101-F36EC0BF3508ADDB6BB03B0988F0@phx.gbl>, Tim Williams 
wrote:
> This may be a daft question, but I had heard/read that oxygen levels were 
> relatively high during the Permian.  This allowed large flying insects 
> (_Meganeura_) to thrive during this period, owing to the higher oxygen 
> tension in the atmosphere.
>
       The combustibility of organics is quite sensitive to ppO2. [Well 
established in sat.diving, by body count.] I would think this has potential 
for fossil record implications.
       
-- 
 Aidan Karley,
 Aberdeen, Scotland,
 Location: 57°10' N,  02°09'  W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233
 Written at Fri, 30 Sep 2005 21:54 +0100



                
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