The redox structure of Ediacaran and early Cambrian oceans and its controls

C Li, W Shi, M Cheng, C **, TJ Algeo - Science Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
The rapid diversification of early animals during the Ediacaran (635–541 Ma) and early
Cambrian (ca. 541–509 Ma) has frequently been attributed to increasing oceanic …

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 …

Astronomical forced sequence infill of Early Cambrian Qiongzhusi organic-rich shale of Sichuan Basin, South China

S Liu, S **, Y Liu, A Chen - sedimentary Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Early Cambrian Qiongzhusi Formation has attracted great attention due to shale
gas finding. However, this organic-rich shale formation is yet no robust high-resolution …

Links between hydrographic restriction, redox conditions, and organic matter accumulation in the Early Cambrian intrashelf basin, South China

W **ao, J Cao, Z Liao, X Wang, S Zhang - Gondwana Research, 2024 - Elsevier
There was a strong relationship between paleo-oceanic conditions and organic matter
accumulation during the critical period of the Early Cambrian. The Yangtze Platform in South …

Upwelling-driven high organic production in the late Ediacaran

F Cañadas, D Papineau, TJ Algeo, C Li - Communications Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Ediacaran ocean (635-541 million years ago) is typically viewed as a stagnant,
redox-stratified ocean with low phosphorus availability. However, this contradicts the high …

Stratigraphic framework, redox history, and organic matter accumulation of an Early Cambrian intraplatfrom basin on the Yangtze Platform, South China

P Gao, S Li, GG Lash, D Yan, Q Zhou, X **ao - Marine and Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Details of the Lower Cambrian succession of the newly-discovered intraplatfrom
basin of the Yangtze Platform (South China), source rocks of the giant Ediacaran-Cambrian …

Evidence for high organic carbon export to the early Cambrian seafloor

M Cheng, C Li, C **, H Wang, TJ Algeo… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Oxygenation of the early Cambrian ocean is commonly ascribed to high organic export to
the sediment due to the rise of algae and filter-feeding animals, but direct evidence of …

Gas-bearing property of the Lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation shale and its influencing factors: A case study from the Cengong block, northern Guizhou Province …

Z Li, J Zhang, D Gong, J Tan, Y Liu, D Wang… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
To gain a better understanding of the gas-bearing property of Lower Cambrian Niutitang
Formation shale and its influencing factors, the shale gas-bearing conditions, gas content …

Silicification and Si cycling in a silica-rich ocean during the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition

P Gao, S Li, GG Lash, Z He, X **ao, D Zhang, Y Hao - Chemical Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The upper Ediacaran-lower Cambrian (551–526 Ma) sedimentary succession of the
Yangtze Block, South China, hosts abundant chert that formed contemporaneously with the …

Sea-level changes control organic matter accumulation in the Longmaxi shales of southeastern Chongqing, China

C **, Z Liao, Y Tang - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Fine-grained sediments in the Ordovcian–Silurian (OS) Longmaxi Formation on the Yangtze
Platform represent a significant shale gas source and reservoir in South China. The …