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 …

Carbonate sediments and rocks are valuable archives of Earth's past whose geochemical
compositions inform our understanding of Earth's surface evolution. Yet carbonates are also …

The emergence of the Ediacara biota soon after the Gaskiers glaciation ca. 580 million years
ago (Ma) implies a possible glacial fuse for the evolution of animals. However, the timing of …

The rise of animals occurred during an interval of Earth history that witnessed dynamic
marine redox conditions, potentially rapid plate motions, and uniquely large perturbations to …

The evolution of the global carbon and silicon cycles is thought to have contributed to the
long-term stability of Earth's climate,–. Many questions remain, however, regarding the …

The nine editions of Stable Isotope Geochemistry have appeared over a time span of nearly
50 years. The first edition (1973) appeared as a slim book of 135 pages. Due to the rapid …

Carbonate mud represents one of the most important geochemical archives for
reconstructing ancient climatic, environmental, and evolutionary change from the rock …

Abstract The Ediacaran Shuram carbon isotope excursion (CIE) follows the regional
Gaskiers glaciation and occurs before the appearance of macroscopic animal fossils …

Abstract The Proterozoic Eon spans Earth's middle age during which many important
transitions occurred. These transitions include the oxygenation of the atmosphere …

The current understanding of the origins of modern carbonate muds and their early stages of
transformations are reviewed. The fine-grained nature of such sediments makes them …