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 …

Extensive marine anoxia during the terminal Ediacaran Period

F Zhang, S **ao, B Kendall, SJ Romaniello, H Cui… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
The terminal Ediacaran Period witnessed the decline of the Ediacara biota (which may have
included many stem-group animals). To test whether oceanic anoxia might have played a …

Global marine redox changes drove the rise and fall of the Ediacara biota

F Zhang, S **ao, SJ Romaniello, D Hardisty, C Li… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The role of O2 in the evolution of early animals, as represented by some members of the
Ediacara biota, has been heavily debated because current geochemical evidence paints a …

Marine redox fluctuation as a potential trigger for the Cambrian explosion

GY Wei, NJ Planavsky, LG Tarhan, X Chen… - …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The diversification of metazoans during the latest Neoproterozoic and early Cambrian has
been attributed to, among other factors, a progressive rise in surface oxygen levels …

Congruent Permian-Triassic δ238U records at Panthalassic and Tethyan sites: Confirmation of global-oceanic anoxia and validation of the U-isotope paleoredox …

F Zhang, TJ Algeo, SJ Romaniello, Y Cui… - …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Oceanic anoxia has been proposed as a proximate cause of the end-Permian mass
extinction (EPME), but evaluation of this hypothesis is hampered by limited detailed …

Uranium isotope evidence for two episodes of deoxygenation during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

MO Clarkson, CH Stirling, HC Jenkyns… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE 2), occurring∼ 94 million years ago, was one of the most
extreme carbon cycle and climatic perturbations of the Phanerozoic Eon. It was typified by a …

The effects of diagenesis on geochemical paleoredox proxies in sedimentary carbonates

A vS Hood, NJ Planavsky, MW Wallace… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
Metal and metal isotope records in carbonates have the potential to provide novel insights
into ancient ocean–atmosphere redox conditions, paleoenvironmental conditions, and …

Uranium isotope evidence for an expansion of anoxia in terminal Ediacaran oceans

R Tostevin, MO Clarkson, S Gangl, GA Shields… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Anoxic and iron-rich oceanic conditions prevailed throughout most of the Archean and
Proterozoic (4000 to c. 540 million years ago, Ma), but the oceans are hypothesised to have …

Diagenetic effects on uranium isotope fractionation in carbonate sediments from the Bahamas

X Chen, SJ Romaniello, AD Herrmann… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
Uranium isotope variations (δ 238 U) recorded in sedimentary carbonate rocks are a
promising new proxy for the extent of oceanic anoxia through geological time. However, the …