Iron formations: A global record of Neoarchaean to Palaeoproterozoic environmental history

KO Konhauser, NJ Planavsky, DS Hardisty… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Iron formations (IF) represent an iron-rich rock type that typifies many Archaean and
Proterozoic supracrustal successions and are chemical archives of Precambrian seawater …

Geological constraints on the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis

J Farquhar, AL Zerkle, A Bekker - Photosynthesis research, 2011 - Springer
This article examines the geological evidence for the rise of atmospheric oxygen and the
origin of oxygenic photosynthesis. The evidence for the rise of atmospheric oxygen places a …

The geologic time scale

FM Gradstein, JG Ogg, MD Schmitz, GM Ogg - Boston, USA, 2012 - books.google.com
Construction and assembly of the Geologic Time Scale involves:(a) constructing a relative
(chronostratigraphic) standard scale for key periods in the Earth's rock record;(b) identifying …

Tectonics and surface effects of the supercontinent Columbia

JJW Rogers, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2009 - Elsevier
Assembly of the supercontinent Columbia at about 1.85–1.90 Ga coincided with several
events that affected the entire earth. The oldest worldwide network of orogenic belts formed …

Timing of morphological and ecological innovations in the cyanobacteria–a key to understanding the rise in atmospheric oxygen

CE Blank, P Sanchez‐Baracaldo - Geobiology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
When cyanobacteria originated and diversified, and what their ancient traits were, remain
critical unresolved problems. Here, we used a phylogenomic approach to construct a well …

Life: the first two billion years

AH Knoll, KD Bergmann… - … Transactions of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Microfossils, stromatolites, preserved lipids and biologically informative isotopic ratios
provide a substantial record of bacterial diversity and biogeochemical cycles in Proterozoic …

Evidence for a gradual rise of oxygen between 2.6 and 2.5 Ga from Mo isotopes and Re-PGE signatures in shales

M Wille, JD Kramers, TF Nägler, NJ Beukes… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2007 - Elsevier
Concerning the question of how and when free oxygen started to accumulate in the Earth's
atmosphere and hydrosphere, we report Mo concentrations and isotopic compositions as …

[書籍][B] The rise of animals: evolution and diversification of the kingdom Animalia

MA Fedonkin - 2007 - books.google.com
Winner, 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Prize for Science Writing Among the major events
in evolutionary history, few rival in importance the appearance of animals. The Rise of …

The case for a Neoproterozoic oxygenation event: geochemical evidence and biological consequences

G Shields-Zhou, L Och - GSa Today, 2011 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
The Neoproterozoic era marked a turning point in the development of the modern earth
system. The irreversible environmental changes of that time were rooted in tectonic …

Dating the Bushveld Complex: timing of crystallization, duration of magmatism, and cooling of the world's largest layered intrusion and related rocks

JS Scoates, CJ Wall, RM Friedman, D Weis… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Paleoproterozoic Bushveld Complex, including the world's largest layered
intrusion and host to world-class stratiform chromium, platinum group element, and …