Closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean and Early Paleozoic amalgamation of microcontinental blocks in East Asia

S Li, S Zhao, X Liu, H Cao, S Yu, X Li, I Somerville… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
As a complex paleo-ocean located between the Tarim-North China and the
Sibumasu/Baoshan blocks, the Proto-Tethys Ocean was opened from the rifting of the …

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 …

An early Ediacaran assemblage of macroscopic and morphologically differentiated eukaryotes

X Yuan, Z Chen, S **ao, C Zhou, H Hua - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
The deep-water Avalon biota (about 579 to 565 million years old) is often regarded as the
earliest-known fossil assemblage with macroscopic and morphologically complex life forms …

Mesoproterozoic carbonatitic magmatism in the Bayan Obo deposit, Inner Mongolia, North China: Constraints for the mechanism of super accumulation of rare earth …

KF Yang, HR Fan, M Santosh, FF Hu, KY Wang - Ore Geology Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
The Bayan Obo mine in North China contains the largest rare-earth element (REE)
resources in the world. The mechanism of giant REE enrichment in such a restricted region …

Was the Ediacaran Shuram Excursion a globally synchronized early diagenetic event? Insights from methane-derived authigenic carbonates in the uppermost …

H Cui, AJ Kaufman, S **ao, C Zhou, XM Liu - Chemical Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran Period is characterized by the most profound negative carbon
isotope (δ 13 C) excursion in Earth history, the Shuram Excursion. Various hypotheses …

Carbon and strontium isotope evolution of seawater across the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition: Evidence from the **aotan section, NE Yunnan, South China

D Li, HF Ling, GA Shields-Zhou, X Chen… - Precambrian …, 2013 - Elsevier
This study reports a high-resolution carbon and strontium isotope profile for the Ediacaran–
Cambrian **aotan section, situated in northeastern Yunnan, South China. **aotan section …

Rare earth element geochemistry of carbonates as a proxy for deep-time environmental reconstruction

Y Zhao, W Wei, S Li, T Yang, R Zhang… - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
The rare earth elements and yttrium (REY) can enter carbonate lattices by replacing cations,
which can be used to reconstruct the history of carbonate precipitation. The Ediacaran …

The DOUNCE event at the top of the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation, South China: Broad stratigraphic occurrence and non-diagenetic origin

M Lu, M Zhu, J Zhang, G Shields-Zhou, G Li… - Precambrian …, 2013 - Elsevier
The DOUNCE (Doushantuo negative carbon isotope excursion), characterized by a large
shift in δ13Ccarb from+ 5‰ down to− 12‰ in the upper part of the Ediacaran Doushantuo …

Integrated carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen isotope chemostratigraphy of the Ediacaran Lantian Formation in South China: Spatial gradient, ocean redox oscillation, and …

W Wang, C Guan, C Zhou, Y Peng, LM Pratt… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation in South China is a prime target for
geobiological investigation because it offers opportunities to integrate chemostratigraphic …

Integrated chemostratigraphy of the Doushantuo Formation at the northern **aofenghe section (Yangtze Gorges, South China) and its implication for Ediacaran …

S **ao, KA McFadden, S Peek, AJ Kaufman… - Precambrian …, 2012 - Elsevier
The Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation in the Yangtze Gorges of South China plays an
important role in our understanding of biological evolution, global correlation, and ocean …