The links between Neoproterozoic tectonics, paleoenvironment and Cambrian explosion in the Yangtze Block, China

Y Dong, B Hui, S Sun, J Sun, R Zang, B Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The correlation between Neoproterozoic tectonics, paleoenvironment and early life are
crucial for understanding the evolution of the Earth's habitability. The Yangtze Block …

Current understanding on the Cambrian Explosion: questions and answers

X Zhang, D Shu - PalZ, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Cambrian Explosion by nature is a three-phased explosion of animal body
plans alongside episodic biomineralization, pulsed change of generic diversity, body size …

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 …

Sea level controls on Ediacaran-Cambrian animal radiations

FT Bowyer, RA Wood, M Yilales - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
The drivers of Ediacaran-Cambrian metazoan radiations remain unclear, as does the fidelity
of the record. We use a global age framework [580–510 million years (Ma) ago] to estimate …

Continental configuration controls ocean oxygenation during the Phanerozoic

A Pohl, A Ridgwell, RG Stockey, C Thomazo, A Keane… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The early evolutionary and much of the extinction history of marine animals is thought to be
driven by changes in dissolved oxygen concentrations ([O2]) in the ocean,–. In turn,[O2] is …

Orbitally-paced climate change in the early Cambrian and its implications for the history of the Solar System

T Zhang, Y Li, T Fan, AC Da Silva, J Shi, Q Gao… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
The early Cambrian was a critical period of Earth history, marked by explosive diversification
of metazoans and several profound changes in Earth's surface environments and global …

Late Paleozoic oxygenation of marine environments supported by dolomite U-Pb dating

M Ben-Israel, RM Holder, LL Nelson, EF Smith… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding causal relationships between evolution and ocean oxygenation hinges on
reliable reconstructions of marine oxygen levels, typically from redox-sensitive geochemical …

Major Early-Middle Devonian oceanic oxygenation linked to early land plant evolution detected using high-resolution U isotopes of marine limestones

M Elrick, GJ Gilleaudeau, SJ Romaniello… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The middle Paleozoic (∼ 420-350 Myr) records a major increase in ocean-
atmosphere oxygen levels; however, the timing and pattern of oxygenation are poorly …

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 …

Cambrian radiation speciation events driven by sea level and redoxcline changes on the Siberian Craton

AY Zhuravlev, RA Wood, FT Bowyer - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
The evolutionary processes of speciation during the Cambrian radiation and their potential
extrinsic drivers, such as episodic oceanic oxygenation events, remain unconfirmed. High …