A Cenozoic record of deep oceanic Zn isotopic composition in ferromanganese crusts

M Zhao, N Planavsky, X Wang, Y Zhang… - American Journal of …, 2023‏ - ajsonline.org
Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

A late Ediacaran ice age: The key node in the Earth system evolution

R Wang, Z Yin, B Shen - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Glacial depositions are widely discovered in the late Ediacaran strata all over the world, but
the temporal and spatial distributions of the Ediacaran glaciations remain poorly …

Massive formation of early diagenetic dolomite in the Ediacaran ocean: Constraints on the “dolomite problem”

B Chang, C Li, D Liu, I Foster, A Tripati… - Proceedings of the …, 2020‏ - pnas.org
Paleozoic and Precambrian sedimentary successions frequently contain massive
dolomicrite [CaMg (CO3) 2] units despite kinetic inhibitions to nucleation and precipitation of …

The redox structure of Ediacaran and early Cambrian oceans and its controls

C Li, W Shi, M Cheng, C **, TJ Algeo - Science Bulletin, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The rapid diversification of early animals during the Ediacaran (635–541 Ma) and early
Cambrian (ca. 541–509 Ma) has frequently been attributed to increasing oceanic …

Unique Neoproterozoic carbon isotope excursions sustained by coupled evaporite dissolution and pyrite burial

GA Shields, BJW Mills, M Zhu, TD Raub, SJ Daines… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
The Neoproterozoic era witnessed a succession of biological innovations that culminated in
diverse animal body plans and behaviours during the Ediacaran–Cambrian radiations …

Global marine redox changes drove the rise and fall of the Ediacara biota

F Zhang, S **ao, SJ Romaniello, D Hardisty, C Li… - …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
The role of O2 in the evolution of early animals, as represented by some members of the
Ediacara biota, has been heavily debated because current geochemical evidence paints a …