Astronomical time scale for the Paleozoic Era

H Wu, Q Fang, LA Hinnov, S Zhang, T Yang, M Shi… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Milankovitch cycles are quasi-periodic fluctuations in insolation forced by the variation in
Earth's astronomical parameters. The astronomically induced climate change affected the …

Organic carbon burial is paced by a~ 173-ka obliquity cycle in the middle to high latitudes

H Huang, Y Gao, C Ma, MM Jones, C Zeeden… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Earth's climate system is complex and inherently nonlinear, which can induce some
extraneous cycles in paleoclimatic proxies at orbital time scales. The paleoenvironmental …

Depositional conditions of shale lithofacies during the Late Ordovician–Early Silurian in the Upper Yangtze area, SW China: Responses to sea-level changes

S Wu, L Chen, M **ong, X Chen, G Wang… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2024 - Elsevier
The shale lithofacies shows obvious heterogeneity during the Late Ordovician-Early Silurian
in the Upper Yangtze area, SW China. To elucidate the Wufeng-Longmaxi shale lithofacies' …

Sustained and intensified lacustrine methane cycling during Early Permian climate warming

F Sun, W Hu, J Cao, X Wang, Z Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Lakes are a major emitter of the atmospheric greenhouse gas methane (CH4); however,
their roles in past climate warming episodes remain poorly understood owing to a scarcity of …

Current synthesis of the penultimate icehouse and its imprint on the Upper Devonian through Permian stratigraphic record

IP Montañez - 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Icehouses are the less common climate state on Earth, and thus it is notable that the longest-
lived (c. 370 to 260 Ma) and possibly most extensive and intense of icehouse periods …

The resonant tidal evolution of the Earth-Moon distance

M Farhat, P Auclair-Desrotour, G Boué… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Due to tidal interactions in the Earth-Moon system, the spin of the Earth slows down and the
Moon drifts away. This recession of the Moon can now be measured with great precision, but …

Earth-Moon dynamics from cyclostratigraphy reveals possible ocean tide resonance in the Mesoproterozoic era

M Zhou, H Wu, LA Hinnov, Q Fang, S Zhang… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Cyclostratigraphy is an important observational window into the history of the Earth-Moon
system. However, there is limited information from the Mesoproterozoic era (1.0 to 1.6 billion …

An advanced prediction model of shale oil production profile based on source-reservoir assemblages and artificial neural networks

Y Liu, J Zeng, J Qiao, G Yang, W Cao - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, hydrocarbon production from shale oil reservoirs has become
increasingly common, and successful shale oil exploration and development depends …

Orbitally-paced climate change in the early Cambrian and its implications for the history of the Solar System

T Zhang, Y Li, T Fan, AC Da Silva, J Shi, Q Gao… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
The early Cambrian was a critical period of Earth history, marked by explosive diversification
of metazoans and several profound changes in Earth's surface environments and global …

Obliquity forcing of lake-level changes and organic carbon burial during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age

R Wei, R Zhang, M Li, X Wang, Z ** - Global and Planetary Change, 2023 - Elsevier
The linkages between the astronomical forcing of sea-level oscillations, the environment,
and climate change during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA) add to our understanding of …