Evolution of the Cryogenian cratonic basins in China, paleo-oceanic environment and hydrocarbon generation mechanism of ancient source rocks, and exploration …

G Zhu, Z Zhang, H Jiang, L Yan, W Chen, T Li… - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Deep and ancient strata are significant successor fields for future oil and gas exploration.
Recently, a unit of thick high-quality interglacial black rock series was discovered between …

Mineralogical and geochemical evidence for biogenic and petroleum-related uranium mineralization in the Qianjiadian deposit, NE China

L Zhao, C Cai, R **, J Li, H Li, J Wei, H Guo… - Ore Geology Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The sandstone-hosted Qianjiadian uranium deposit, hosted in the Upper Cretaceous Yaojia
Formation in the Qianjiadian area, Songliao Basin, NE China, has been studied for over …

Snowball Earth climate dynamics and Cryogenian geology-geobiology

PF Hoffman, DS Abbot, Y Ashkenazy, DI Benn… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Geological evidence indicates that grounded ice sheets reached sea level at all latitudes
during two long-lived Cryogenian (58 and≥ 5 My) glaciations. Combined uranium-lead and …

Pyrite sulfur isotopes reveal glacial− interglacial environmental changes

V Pasquier, P Sansjofre, M Rabineau… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The sulfur biogeochemical cycle plays a key role in regulating Earth's surface redox through
diverse abiotic and biological reactions that have distinctive stable isotopic fractionations. As …

Evidence for a redox stratified Cryogenian marine basin, Datangpo Formation, South China

C Li, GD Love, TW Lyons, CT Scott, L Feng… - Earth and Planetary …, 2012 - Elsevier
Here, in an effort to explore Cryogenian seawater chemistry, we present chemostratigraphic
results for iron, carbon, molybdenum, and sulfur for two outcrop sections for the ca. 663 …

Uranium isotope evidence for temporary ocean oxygenation in the aftermath of the Sturtian Snowball Earth

KV Lau, FA Macdonald, K Maher, JL Payne - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The appearance and radiation of animals are commonly attributed to Neoproterozoic
oceanic oxygenation, yet independent geochemical evidence for such an event remains …

Genesis of Cryogenian Datangpo manganese deposit: Hydrothermal influence and episodic post-glacial ventilation of Nanhua Basin, South China

W Yu, TJ Algeo, Y Du, B Maynard, H Guo… - Palaeogeography …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Neoproterozoic Datangpo Formation of the Nanhua Basin in South China
records interglacial sedimentation between the~ 720–660-Ma Sturtian and~ 654–635-Ma …

Biological diversification linked to environmental stabilization following the Sturtian Snowball glaciation

FT Bowyer, AJ Krause, Y Song, KJ Huang, Y Fu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The body fossil and biomarker records hint at an increase in biotic complexity between the
two Cryogenian Snowball Earth episodes (ca. 661 million to≤ 650 million years ago) …

Questioning the biogenicity of Neoproterozoic superheavy pyrite by SIMS

H Cui, K Kitajima, MJ Spicuzza, JH Fournelle… - American …, 2018 - degruyter.com
The Neoproterozoic sulfur isotope (δ34S) record is characterized by anomalously high
δ34Spyrite values. Many δ34Spyrite values are higher than the contemporaneous …

Hydrological controls on marine chemistry in the Cryogenian Nanhua Basin (South China)

M Cheng, Z Zhang, TJ Algeo, S Liu, X Liu, H Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to explore Cryogenian seawater chemistry and its underlying controls, we present
an integrated study of iron speciation, major and trace elements, and carbon isotopes of Mn …