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 …

Global events of the late Paleozoic (early Devonian to Middle Permian): a review

W Qie, TJ Algeo, G Luo, A Herrmann - Palaeogeography …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Paleozoic (Early Devonian to Middle Permian) was an interval of profound
changes in Earth-surface systems, reflected in dynamic interplay among the biosphere …

A re-assessment of elemental proxies for paleoredox analysis

TJ Algeo, J Liu - Chemical Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Paleoredox conditions are commonly evaluated based on elemental proxies but, despite
their frequency of use, most of these proxies have received little comparative evaluation or …

A tale of shales: the relative roles of production, decomposition, and dilution in the accumulation of organic-rich strata, Middle–Upper Devonian, Appalachian basin

BB Sageman, AE Murphy, JP Werne, CA Ver Straeten… - Chemical …, 2003 - Elsevier
A new consensus on the processes responsible for organic carbon burial in ancient epeiric
seas has emerged. More firmly grounded in the uniformitarian framework of modern …

Devonian climate and reef evolution: insights from oxygen isotopes in apatite

MM Joachimski, S Breisig, W Buggisch… - Earth and Planetary …, 2009 - Elsevier
Conodonts, microfossils composed of carbonate-fluor apatite, are abundant in Palaeozoic–
Triassic sediments and have a high potential to preserve primary oxygen isotope signals. In …

Massive release of hydrogen sulfide to the surface ocean and atmosphere during intervals of oceanic anoxia

LR Kump, A Pavlov, MA Arthur - Geology, 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Simple calculations show that if deep-water H2S concentrations increased beyond a critical
threshold during oceanic anoxic intervals of Earth history, the chemocline separating sulfidic …

Biogeochemical evidence for euxinic oceans and ecological disturbance presaging the end-Permian mass extinction event

C Cao, GD Love, LE Hays, W Wang, S Shen… - Earth and Planetary …, 2009 - Elsevier
The Permian–Triassic Boundary event at 252.2 Ma marks the largest extinction of marine
fauna in the Phanerozoic and there is a wide consensus that the extinction coincided with an …

Strength, timing, setting and cause of mid-Palaeozoic extinctions

MR House - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2002 - Elsevier
Much has been written over the last 20 yr on the Upper Kellwasser Event
(Frasnian/Famennian or F/F boundary) as the major extinction event of the Middle …

[HTML][HTML] A volcanic scenario for the Frasnian–Famennian major biotic crisis and other Late Devonian global changes: More answers than questions?

G Racki - Global and Planetary Change, 2020 - Elsevier
Although the prime causation of the Late Devonian Frasnian–Famennian (F–F) mass
extinction remains conjectural, such destructive factors as the spread of anoxia and rapid …

Conodont apatite δ18O signatures indicate climatic cooling as a trigger of the Late Devonian mass extinction

MM Joachimski, W Buggisch - Geology, 2002 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The oxygen isotopic composition of conodont apatite from two Frasnian-Famennian
boundary sections was measured in order to reconstruct variations in marine …