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 …

[HTML][HTML] Sedimentary Ce anomalies: Secular change and implications for paleoenvironmental evolution

K Zhang, GA Shields - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Although Ce anomalies are commonly used to reconstruct past seawater redox conditions,
published interpretations are based on various proxy materials and analytical approaches …

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 …

A diverse Ediacara assemblage survived under low-oxygen conditions

LB Cherry, GJ Gilleaudeau, DV Grazhdankin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The Ediacaran biota were soft-bodied organisms, many with enigmatic phylogenetic
placement and ecology, living in marine environments between 574 and 539 million years …

Molybdenum isotope-based redox deviation driven by continental margin euxinia during the early Cambrian

Z Qin, D Xu, B Kendall, X Zhang, Q Ou, X Wang… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Oceanic redox changes may be a key environmental trigger for the “Cambrian explosion”.
However, a hypothesized predominantly oxygenated early Cambrian ocean, inferred from …

Organic matter accumulations in the Santonian-Campanian (Upper cretaceous) lacustrine Nenjiang shale (K2n) in the Songliao Basin, NE China: terrestrial responses …

W Liu, M Liu, T Yang, X Liu, TR Them II, K Wang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The local and/or global environmental effects on the organic matter (OM) enrichment in
ancient sediments has long received extensive attention. The Upper Cretaceous Nenjiang …

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 …

Episodic ventilation of euxinic bottom waters triggers the formation of black shale-hosted Mn carbonate deposits

ZG Dong, ZD Peng, LJ Robbins, KO Konhauser… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Many manganese (Mn) carbonate deposits over geologic history are often closely
associated with black shales. However, the mechanism (s) by which the Mn entered the …

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 …

Extensive primary production promoted the recovery of the Ediacaran Shuram excursion

F Cañadas, D Papineau, MJ Leng, C Li - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Member IV of the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation records the recovery from the most
negative carbon isotope excursion in Earth history. However, the main biogeochemical …