Drivers of the global phosphorus cycle over geological time

M Zhao, BJW Mills, SW Poulton, B Wan… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Phosphorus is a key limiting nutrient of terrestrial and marine primary production. Thus, the
global phosphorus cycle is intimately linked with the carbon cycle and influences climate …

Sustained increases in atmospheric oxygen and marine productivity in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic eras

RG Stockey, DB Cole, UC Farrell, H Agić, TH Boag… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A geologically rapid Neoproterozoic oxygenation event is commonly linked to the
appearance of marine animal groups in the fossil record. However, there is still debate about …

Macrostratigraphy: insights into cyclic and secular evolution of the Earth-life system

SE Peters, DP Quinn, JM Husson… - Annual Review of Earth …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Rocks in Earth's crust are formed, modified, and destroyed in response to myriad
interactions between the solid Earth (tectonics, geodynamics), the fluid Earth (ocean …

Palaeozoic cooling modulated by ophiolite weathering through organic carbon preservation

J Murray, O Jagoutz - Nature Geoscience, 2024 - nature.com
Ophiolite obductions in the tropics are coeval with Phanerozoic glaciations. The exposure of
mafic and ultramafic rocks is thought to trigger cooling by increasing global weatherability …

Spatial pattern of marine oxygenation set by tectonic and ecological drivers over the Phanerozoic

X Wang, TJ Algeo, C Li, M Zhu - Nature Geoscience, 2023 - nature.com
Marine redox conditions (that is, oxygen levels) impact a wide array of biogeochemical
cycles, but the main controls of marine redox since the start of the Phanerozoic about 538 …

Pyrite mega-analysis reveals modes of anoxia through geological time

JF Emmings, SW Poulton, J Walsh, KA Leeming… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The redox structure of the water column in anoxic basins through geological time remains
poorly resolved despite its importance to biological evolution/extinction and biogeochemical …

Using machine learning to identify indicators of rare earth element enrichment in sedimentary strata with applications for metal prospectivity

BA Bishop, LJ Robbins - Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2024 - Elsevier
Rare earth elements (REE), classified as critical minerals which are crucial for clean energy
technologies, face soaring demand. While economic deposits are found in limited geologic …

Chromium Cycling in Redox‐Stratified Basins Challenges δ53Cr Paleoredox Proxy Applications

DJ Janssen, J Rickli, M Wille… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chromium stable isotope composition (δ53Cr) is a promising tracer for redox conditions
throughout Earth's history; however, the geochemical controls of δ53Cr have not been …

Constraining the major pathways of vanadium incorporation into sediments underlying natural sulfidic waters

M Cui, GW Luther III, M Gomes - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Vanadium (V) is a redox-sensitive trace metal. Interconversion between different vanadium
species (eg, V III, V IV, VV) occurs rapidly in association with changes in redox conditions in …

[HTML][HTML] The replication crisis and its relevance to Earth Science studies: Case studies and recommendations

SJ Puetz, KC Condie, K Sundell, NMW Roberts… - Geoscience …, 2024 - Elsevier
Numerous scientific fields are facing a replication crisis, where the results of a study often
cannot be replicated when a new study uses independent data. This issue has been …