Biosedimentological features of major microbe-metazoan transitions (MMTs) from Precambrian to Cenozoic

ZQ Chen, C Tu, Y Pei, J Ogg, Y Fang, S Wu… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biotic activities are involved in almost all sedimentation processes throughout the
evolutionary history of life on our planet. However, deep-time organism-induced …

Catastrophic event sequences across the Permian-Triassic boundary in the ocean and on land

ZQ Chen, DAT Harper, S Grasby, L Zhang - Global and Planetary Change, 2022 - Elsevier
This review forms the preface of a special issue dealing with Environmental stresses and
biotic responses during the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic transition, and develops an improved …

Ammonium ocean following the end-Permian mass extinction

YD Sun, MJ Zulla, MM Joachimski, DPG Bond… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
The aftermath of end-Permian mass extinction was marked by a∼ 5 million year interval of
poorly-understood, extreme environments that likely hindered biotic recovery. Contemporary …

A Permian-Triassic boundary microbialite deposit from the eastern Yangtze Platform (Jiangxi Province, South China): Geobiologic features, ecosystem composition …

S Wu, ZQ Chen, Y Fang, Y Pei, H Yang… - Palaeogeography …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract A Permian-Triassic (P-Tr) boundary microbialite (PTB-microbialite) deposit occurs
near **ushui on the southern margin of the eastern Yangtze Platform, South China. This 2-m …

Permian–Triassic boundary microbialites at Zuodeng section, Guangxi Province, South China: geobiology and palaeoceanographic implications

Y Fang, ZQ Chen, S Kershaw, H Yang, M Luo - Global and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
A previously unknown microbialite bed in the Permian–Triassic (P–Tr) boundary beds of
Zuodeng section, Tiandong County, Guangxi, South China comprises a thin (5 cm maximum …

Microbial mats in the terrestrial Lower Triassic of North China and implications for the Permian–Triassic mass extinction

D Chu, J Tong, DJ Bottjer, H Song, H Song… - Palaeogeography …, 2017 - Elsevier
Evidence for microbial mats has been reported repeatedly from marine Lower Triassic rocks,
but scarcely mentioned in post-mass extinction terrestrial facies. Here, we report from the …