The palaeobiology and geochemistry of Precambrian hydrocarbon source rocks

J Craig, U Biffi, RF Galimberti, KAR Ghori… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2013 - Elsevier
Organic carbon productivity and formation of hydrocarbon source rocks during the Early
Precambrian was almost exclusively the product of the growth of microbial mats. Indirect …

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 …

A deep root for the Cambrian explosion: Implications of new bio-and chemostratigraphy from the Siberian Platform

M Zhu, AY Zhuravlev, RA Wood, F Zhao… - …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Much uncertainty remains as to the temporal relationship between the Ediacaran and
Cambrian biotas, yet this is critical to our understanding of the rise of metazoans. Here we …

Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy and sedimentary facies evolution of the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation in western Hubei, South China

M Zhu, M Lu, J Zhang, F Zhao, G Li, Y Aihua… - Precambrian …, 2013 - Elsevier
The Doushantuo Formation of South China, consisting of intercalated siliciclastic and
carbonate rocks which exhibit considerable variation in thickness and sedimentary facies, is …

A sulfate control on marine mid-depth euxinia on the early Cambrian (ca. 529–521 Ma) Yangtze platform, South China

L Feng, C Li, J Huang, H Chang, X Chu - Precambrian Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Given the high oxygen demands of complex metazoans, a sound understanding of marine
redox conditions is essential to reconstruct the factors that lead to the dramatic increases in …

Coupling of ocean redox and animal evolution during the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition

D Wang, HF Ling, U Struck, XK Zhu, M Zhu… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The late Ediacaran to early Cambrian interval witnessed extraordinary radiations of
metazoan life. The role of the physical environment in this biological revolution, such as …

[PDF][PDF] From Rodinia to Gondwanaland: a tale of detrital zircon provenance analyses from the southern Nanhua Basin, South China

W Yao, Z Li, W Li, X Li, J Yang - American Journal of Science, 2014 - ajsonline.org
The paleogeographic positions of the South China Block (SCB) during the Neoproterozoic
and early Paleozoic are important for understanding the transition from the break-up of the …

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 …

Climatic-oceanic forcing on the organic accumulation across the shelf during the Early Cambrian (Age 2 through 3) in the mid-upper Yangtze Block, NE Guizhou …

R Yeasmin, D Chen, Y Fu, J Wang, Z Guo… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2017 - Elsevier
The organic-rich sediments were widely deposited over the entire Yangtze Block during the
Early Cambrian (late Nemakit-Daldynian to Botomian). In the mid-upper Yangtze region …

New age constraints on Neoproterozoic diamicites in Kuruktag, NW China and Precambrian crustal evolution of the Tarim Craton

J He, W Zhu, R Ge - Precambrian Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Neoproterozoic Kuruktag Group in the Kuruktag area located in the
northeastern Tarim Craton, NW China, contains multiple diamictites in the Bayisi, Altungol …