Global marine redox evolution from the late Neoproterozoic to the early Paleozoic constrained by the integration of Mo and U isotope records

GY Wei, NJ Planavsky, T He, F Zhang, RG Stockey… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The emergence and diversification of early animals is commonly thought to have coincided
with atmosphere and ocean oxygenation across the terminal Neoproterozoic and early …

Redox changes in the outer Yangtze Sea (South China) through the Hirnantian Glaciation and their implications for the end-Ordovician biocrisis

N Li, C Li, TJ Algeo, M Cheng, C **, G Zhu, J Fan… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Two pulses of faunal mortality occurred during the Late Ordovician mass extinction (ca. 445
Ma). This biocrisis is recorded in Hirnantian strata of South China as a stepwise extinction of …

Recurrent photic zone euxinia limited ocean oxygenation and animal evolution during the Ediacaran

W Zheng, A Zhou, SK Sahoo, MR Nolan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Ediacaran Period (~ 635–539 Ma) is marked by the emergence and
diversification of complex metazoans linked to ocean redox changes, but the processes and …

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 …

Decoupled oxygenation of the Ediacaran ocean and atmosphere during the rise of early animals

W Shi, BJW Mills, C Li, SW Poulton, AJ Krause… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran Period (∼ 635 to 541 Ma) witnessed the early diversification and
radiation of metazoans, in the form of the Ediacaran Biota. This biological revolution …

Occurrence and maturation transformation of organic and inorganic nitrogen in the Lower Cambrian shelf–slope facies shale: Implications for overmature N2-rich …

G Meng, H Gai, X Yang, P Gao, Q Zhou, C Lu… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermogenic molecular nitrogen (N 2) is one of the primary sources of high N 2 content in
overmature shale gas reservoirs. However, it remains uncertain whether N 2 is released …

Links between hydrographic restriction, redox conditions, and organic matter accumulation in the Early Cambrian intrashelf basin, South China

W **ao, J Cao, Z Liao, X Wang, S Zhang - Gondwana Research, 2024 - Elsevier
There was a strong relationship between paleo-oceanic conditions and organic matter
accumulation during the critical period of the Early Cambrian. The Yangtze Platform in South …

Upwelling-driven high organic production in the late Ediacaran

F Cañadas, D Papineau, TJ Algeo, C Li - Communications Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Ediacaran ocean (635-541 million years ago) is typically viewed as a stagnant,
redox-stratified ocean with low phosphorus availability. However, this contradicts the high …

Chemical–to–reverse weathering triggered a pronounced positive carbon isotope excursion in a forced regressive to transgressive dolostone succession during the …

Y Zhang, G Zhu, X Li, Y Ai, P Duan, M Li… - Global and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The terminal Ediacaran (∼ 551–541 Ma) was a critical period in Earth's history
witnessing the coupled evolution of tectonism, climate, marine environment, and …

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 …