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 …

Uncovering the Ediacaran phosphorus cycle

MS Dodd, W Shi, C Li, Z Zhang, M Cheng, H Gu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Phosphorus is a limiting nutrient that is thought to control oceanic oxygen levels to a large
extent,–. A possible increase in marine phosphorus concentrations during the Ediacaran …

Enrichment of rare earth elements in the early Cambrian Zhi** phosphorite deposit, SW China: Evidence from francolite micro-petrography and geochemistry

Z Zhang, Y Jiang, H Niu, J **ng, S Yan, A Li… - Ore Geology …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Zhi** phosphorite deposit is a giant early Cambrian rare earth element (REE) deposit,
with particular enrichment in heavy REEs, and is of high economic significance. The REEs of …

Decoupled oxygenation of the Ediacaran ocean and atmosphere during the rise of early animals

W Shi, BJW Mills, C Li, SW Poulton, AJ Krause… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran Period (∼ 635 to 541 Ma) witnessed the early diversification and
radiation of metazoans, in the form of the Ediacaran Biota. This biological revolution …

[HTML][HTML] Rare earth element enrichment in sedimentary phosphorites formed during the Precambrian–Cambrian transition, Southwest China

J **ng, Y Jiang, H **an, W Yang, Y Yang, H Niu… - Geoscience …, 2024 - Elsevier
Numerous sedimentary phosphorites in Southwest China were formed around the
Precambrian–Cambrian transition (PC–C), including the upper Ediacaran Doushantuo …

[HTML][HTML] Phosphorite generative processes around the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary in South China: An integrated study of Mo and phosphate O isotopic …

H Yang, J **ao, Y **a, Z **e, Q Tan, J Xu, S He… - Geoscience …, 2021 - Elsevier
Large phosphorite deposits in Central Guizhou, China, were formed around the
Precambrian/Cambrian boundary (PC/C), including the Ediacaran (Doushantuo stage) and …

A chemical weathering control on the delivery of particulate iron to the continental shelf

GY Wei, T Chen, SW Poulton, YB Lin, T He… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
The delivery of potentially reactive iron minerals to the marine environment exerts a major
control on ocean and marine sediment biogeochemistry, including the preservation and …

Lithium isotopic constraints on the evolution of continental clay mineral factory and marine oxygenation in the earliest Paleozoic Era

GY Wei, M Zhao, EA Sperling, RR Gaines… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The evolution of oxygen cycles on Earth's surface has been regulated by the balance
between molecular oxygen production and consumption. The Neoproterozoic–Paleozoic …

On the origin of Shuram carbon isotope excursion in South China and its implication for Ediacaran atmospheric oxygen levels

GY Wei, J Wang, NJ Planavsky, M Zhao, EW Bolton… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran Shuram excursion marks one of the largest carbon isotope
excursions in Earth's history, but its origin remains enigmatic. In this study, we examine a …

Lower Gondwana palaeobotany and geochemistry of phosphorite occurrence in the north‐western part of Ib‐River Coalfield, Odisha, India, and their implications

S Goswami, RR Swain, N Aggarwal… - Geological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The present investigation breaks new ground by examining the Raniganj sediments in the
Kendudihi section of the Ib‐River Coalfield, Odisha, India. The study identifies a megaflora …