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Ionisation rate, ζ, as a function of height in the early Earth atmosphere at 200 Myr due to Galactic and solar cosmic rays. Dotted lines show ζ due to Galactic cosmic rays only, dashed lines show ζ due to solar cosmic rays only, solid lines show the total ζ from Galactic cosmic rays and solar cosmic rays combined. The ζ values for the slow, medium, and fast solar rotation rates are shown by black, red, and blue lines, respectively. For the fast solar rotation rate, ζGCR has been multiplied by 102 to allow ζGCR and ζSCR for all rotation rates to be shown within a reasonable range on the same axes.

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