Cambrian integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China

M Zhu, A Yang, J Yuan, G Li, J Zhang, F Zhao… - Science China Earth …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Cambrian Period is the first period of the Phanerozoic Eon and witnessed the
explosive appearance of the metazoans, representing the beginning of the modern earth-life …

Stratigraphy and paleogeography of the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation (ca. 635–551 Ma) in south China

G Jiang, X Shi, S Zhang, Y Wang, S **ao - Gondwana Research, 2011 - Elsevier
The Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation (ca. 635–551Ma) in South China contains
exceptionally well-preserved fossils of multicellular eukaryotes including early animals, and …

U-Pb ages from the neoproterozoic Doushantuo Formation, China

D Condon, M Zhu, S Bowring, W Wang, A Yang, Y ** - science, 2005 - science.org
U-Pb zircon dates from volcanic ash beds within the Doushantuo Formation (China) indicate
that its deposition occurred between 635 and 551 million years ago. The base records …

Analysis of Lower Cambrian shale gas composition, source and accumulation pattern in different tectonic backgrounds: a case study of Weiyuan Block in the Upper …

K Zhang, C Jia, Y Song, S Jiang, Z Jiang, M Wen… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Marine shale gas exploration in southern China has successes and failures. Under the
condition of great hydrocarbon generation material basis, shale gas wells drilled from some …

A highly redox-heterogeneous ocean in South China during the early Cambrian (∼ 529–514 Ma): Implications for biota-environment co-evolution

C **, C Li, TJ Algeo, NJ Planavsky, H Cui… - Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The “Cambrian Explosion” is known for rapid increases in the morphological
disparity and taxonomic diversity of metazoans. It has been widely proposed that this …

Integrated Ediacaran (Sinian) chronostratigraphy of South China

M Zhu, J Zhang, A Yang - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2007 - Elsevier
The Ediacaran Period was a critical time in the history of life and Earth. Understanding the
complex interactions between geological and biological events during this interval requires …

Trace and rare earth element geochemistry of black shale and kerogen in the early Cambrian Niutitang Formation in Guizhou province, South China: Constraints for …

DH Pi, CQ Liu, GA Shields-Zhou, SY Jiang - Precambrian Research, 2013 - Elsevier
Early Cambrian black shales of South China not only host important sponge, arthropod and
other soft-bodied fossils that have helped to trace early metazoan diversification, but also …

The origin of decoupled carbonate and organic carbon isotope signatures in the early Cambrian (ca. 542–520 Ma) Yangtze platform

G Jiang, X Wang, X Shi, S **ao, S Zhang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2012 - Elsevier
The early Cambrian (ca. 542–520Ma) strata in South China record two prominent negative
carbonate carbon isotope (δ13Ccarb) excursions of early Nemakit–Daldynian (N–D) and …

Hydrothermal venting activities in the Early Cambrian, South China: Petrological, geochronological and stable isotopic constraints

D Chen, J Wang, H Qing, D Yan, R Li - Chemical Geology, 2009 - Elsevier
Multi-episodic (three episodes at least) hydrothermal silica chimneys are identified in the
black chert successions (up to∼ 100 m thick locally), overlain by thick black shales (up to a …

The Ediacaran radiogenic Sr isotope excursion in the Doushantuo Formation in the three Gorges area, South China

Y Sawaki, T Ohno, M Tahata, T Komiya, T Hirata… - Precambrian …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Ediacaran period was one of the most important times for the evolution of life. However,
the scarcity of well-preserved outcrops of Ediacaran rocks still leaves ambiguity in decoding …