[HTML][HTML] Environmental controls on very high δ238U values in reducing sediments: Implications for Neoproterozoic seawater records

MO Clarkson, TC Sweere, CF Chiu, R Hennekam… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Uranium isotopes (δ 238 U) are a widely applied tool for tracing global changes in oceanic
anoxia. Interpretation of seawater values and trends, often reconstructed from carbonates …

Nitrate limitation in early Neoproterozoic oceans delayed the ecological rise of eukaryotes

J Kang, B Gill, R Reid, F Zhang, S **ao - Science advances, 2023 - science.org
The early Neoproterozoic Era witnessed the initial ecological rise of eukaryotes at ca. 800
Ma. To assess whether nitrate availability played an important role in this evolutionary event …

UID: The uranium isotope database

H Li, FLH Tissot - Chemical Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
As the parent element in the U-Pb and Pb-Pb radiochronometers, uranium (U) was one of
the first heavy elements whose isotopic composition was carefully determined. Thought to …

A shallow-water oxygen minimum zone in an oligotrophic Tonian basin

Y Sun, W Wang, X Lang, C Guan, Q Ouyang… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Abstract The Tonian Period (1000–720 Ma) bore witness to the transition from a prokaryote-
dominated marine ecosystem to one characterized by the proliferation of eukaryotes. This …

[HTML][HTML] Persistent late Tonian shallow marine anoxia and euxinia

J Stacey, A vS Hood, MW Wallace - Precambrian Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The increase in the complexity of eukaryotic life during the Tonian Period (ca. 1000 to 720
Ma) is commonly associated with the oxygenation of the Earth's ocean–atmosphere system …

[HTML][HTML] Regional conditions cause contrasting behaviour in U-isotope fractionation in black shales: Constraints for global ocean palaeo-redox reconstructions

SK Gangl, CH Stirling, HC Jenkyns, WJ Preston… - Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The U-isotope system is a well-established palaeo-redox proxy that potentially constrains
the global extent of marine anoxia during average as well as extreme redox events …

New paleomagnetic results from the ca. 1.0 Ga Jiayuan Formation of the Huaibei Group in the North China craton, and their paleogeographic implications

H Zhao, S Zhang, W Ren, J Ding, K Yang, H Li… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Rodinia supercontinent formed in the transition between Mesoproterozoic and
Neoproterozoic. The high-quality paleomagnetic poles around 1000 Ma, however, are rather …

Productivity and organic carbon loading control uranium isotope behavior in ancient reducing settings: Implications for the paleoredox proxy

RL Rutledge, GJ Gilleaudeau, MN Remírez… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Uranium isotopes in ancient sedimentary rocks have emerged as a powerful proxy for the
oxygenation history of Earth surface environments. Proper quantitative interpretation of δ …

Uranium isotope systematics of a low-productivity ferruginous ocean analog: Implications for the uranium isotope record of early Earth

GJ Gilleaudeau, X Chen, SJ Romaniello… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2025 - Elsevier
The uranium isotope (δ 238 U) paleo-redox proxy has emerged as a premier tool for
understanding ocean oxygenation through Earth's history. The fidelity of this important proxy …

Cascading oxygen loss shoreward in the oceans: Insights from the Cambrian SPICE event

AL Sørensen, TW Dahl - One Earth, 2024 - cell.com
Marine euxinia can amplify phosphorous-limited marine productivity by recycling
phosphorous from sediments, creating a feedback loop that increases marine oxygen …