The evolution of Earth's biogeochemical nitrogen cycle

EE Stüeken, MA Kipp, MC Koehler, R Buick - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for all life on Earth and it acts as a major control on
biological productivity in the modern ocean. Accurate reconstructions of the evolution of life …

Geochemistry of oceanic anoxic events

HC Jenkyns - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Oceanic anoxic events (OAEs) record profound changes in the climatic and
paleoceanographic state of the planet and represent major disturbances in the global …

Mid-latitudinal habitable environment for marine eukaryotes during the waning stage of the Marinoan snowball glaciation

H Song, Z An, Q Ye, EE Stüeken, J Li, J Hu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract During the Marinoan Ice Age (ca. 654–635 Ma), one of the 'Snowball Earth'events
in the Cryogenian Period, continental icesheets reached the tropical oceans. Oceanic …

Oceanic euxinia in Earth history: causes and consequences

KM Meyer, LR Kump - Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Euxinic ocean conditions accompanied significant events in Earth history, including several
Phanerozoic biotic crises. By critically examining modern and ancient euxinic environments …

A review of nitrogen isotopic alteration in marine sediments

RS Robinson, M Kienast… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen isotopes are an important tool for evaluating past biogeochemical cycling from the
paleoceanographic record. However, bulk sedimentary nitrogen isotope ratios, which can be …

Biogeochemical evidence for euxinic oceans and ecological disturbance presaging the end-Permian mass extinction event

C Cao, GD Love, LE Hays, W Wang, S Shen… - Earth and Planetary …, 2009 - Elsevier
The Permian–Triassic Boundary event at 252.2 Ma marks the largest extinction of marine
fauna in the Phanerozoic and there is a wide consensus that the extinction coincided with an …

Environmental changes in the Late Ordovician–early Silurian: review and new insights from black shales and nitrogen isotopes

MJ Melchin, CE Mitchell, C Holmden, P Štorch - Bulletin, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Late Ordovician (Katian-Hirnantian) through earliest Silurian (Rhuddanian)
interval was a time of varying climate and sea level, marked by a peak glacial episode in the …

Nutrients as the dominant control on the spread of anoxia and euxinia across the Cenomanian‐Turonian oceanic anoxic event (OAE2): Model‐data comparison

FM Monteiro, RD Pancost, A Ridgwell… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The Cenomanian‐Turonian oceanic anoxic event (OAE2) is characterized by large
perturbations in the oxygen and sulfur cycles of the ocean, potentially resulting from …

Interpretation of the nitrogen isotopic composition of Precambrian sedimentary rocks: Assumptions and perspectives

M Ader, C Thomazo, P Sansjofre, V Busigny… - Chemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Nitrogen isotope compositions in sedimentary rocks (d 15 N sed) are routinely used for
reconstructing Cenozoic N-biogeochemical cycling and are also being increasingly applied …

Nitrogen isotope fractionation by alternative nitrogenases and past ocean anoxia

X Zhang, DM Sigman, FMM Morel… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - pnas.org
Biological nitrogen fixation constitutes the main input of fixed nitrogen to Earth's ecosystems,
and its isotope effect is a key parameter in isotope-based interpretations of the N cycle. The …