Global marine redox evolution from the late Neoproterozoic to the early Paleozoic constrained by the integration of Mo and U isotope records

GY Wei, NJ Planavsky, T He, F Zhang, RG Stockey… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The emergence and diversification of early animals is commonly thought to have coincided
with atmosphere and ocean oxygenation across the terminal Neoproterozoic and early …

Uranium isotopes in marine carbonates as a global ocean paleoredox proxy: a critical review

F Zhang, TM Lenton, Á del Rey, SJ Romaniello… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
The protracted oxygenation of the ocean-atmosphere system is one of the most fundamental
changes to the Earth system through its history. The uranium isotopic composition (238 …

Electron flux is a key determinant of uranium isotope fractionation during bacterial reduction

AR Brown, M Molinas, Y Roebbert, A Sato… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Uranium isotopic signatures in the rock record are utilized as a proxy for past redox
conditions on Earth. However, these signatures display significant variability that …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic oceanic redox conditions across the late Cambrian SPICE event constrained by molybdenum and uranium isotopes

Z Zhao, X Pang, C Zou, AJ Dickson, A Basu… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Steptoean Positive Carbon Isotope Excursion Event (SPICE) represents one of
the largest carbon cycle perturbations in the Cambrian, which coincided with climatic …

Modeling the impacts of diagenesis on carbonate paleoredox proxies

KV Lau, DS Hardisty - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
The geochemistry of the carbonate sedimentary record is invaluable for understanding the
ancient seawater evolution of carbon and redox-sensitive elements. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Sulfidic anoxia in the oceans during the Late Ordovician mass extinctions–insights from molybdenum and uranium isotopic global redox proxies

TW Dahl, EU Hammarlund, CMØ Rasmussen… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Ordovician Mass Extinction wiped out 85% of animal species in two
phases (LOME1 and LOME2). The kill mechanisms for the extinction phases are debated …

Redox dynamics of later Cambrian oceans

BC Gill, TW Dahl, EU Hammarlund, MA LeRoy… - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
A growing body of evidence suggests that the deep oceans during the early Paleozoic Era
were widely oxygen deficient, despite evidence for increased marine oxygenation during the …

A critical review of molybdenum sequestration mechanisms under euxinic conditions: Implications for the precision of molybdenum paleoredox proxies

R Phillips, J Xu - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The observed difference in molybdenum (Mo) mobility and isotopic fractionation under oxic
versus euxinic (ie, anoxic and sulfidic) aqueous conditions provides a sound operational …

Hydrological controls on marine chemistry in the Cryogenian Nanhua Basin (South China)

M Cheng, Z Zhang, TJ Algeo, S Liu, X Liu, H Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to explore Cryogenian seawater chemistry and its underlying controls, we present
an integrated study of iron speciation, major and trace elements, and carbon isotopes of Mn …

[HTML][HTML] Large environmental disturbances caused by magmatic activity during the Late Devonian Hangenberg Crisis

A Pisarzowska, M Rakociński, L Marynowski… - Global and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
A wide range of various proxies (eg, mineralogy, organic carbon, inorganic geochemistry, C
and Mo isotopes, and framboidal pyrite) were applied for interpretation of changing oceanic …