Life on the Edge: The Cambrian Marine Realm and Oxygenation

SB Pruss, BC Gill - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The beginning of the Phanerozoic saw two biological events that set the stage for all life that
was to come:(a) the Cambrian Explosion (the appearance of most marine invertebrate …

No Furongian biodiversity gap: evidence from South China

Y Deng, J Fan, S Yang, Y Shi, Z Lu, H Xu, Z Sun… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
The middle–late Cambrian is a crucial transition interval linking the Cambrian Explosion
(CE) and the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE). Previous studies have …

Uranium and molybdenum isotope evidence for globally extensive marine euxinia on continental margins and in epicontinental seas during the Devonian …

S Yang, X Lu, X Chen, W Zheng, JD Owens… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The end-Devonian Hangenberg Crisis was one of the biggest Phanerozoic mass
extinctions. However, the mechanism (s) that triggered this event is still debated. In this …

Influence of thermal intrusion on the Alum Shale from south central Sweden

A Liu, X Zheng, NH Schovsbo, Q Luo, N Zhong… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the geochemical and petrological characteristics of solid bitumen in
the DBH15/73 core from the Furongian (upper Cambrian) and Miaolingian (middle …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the Oldest Industrial Shale Gas Reservoir: Insights for the Enrichment Pattern and Exploration Direction of Lower Cambrian Shale Gas in the …

C Zou, Z Zhao, S Pan, J Yin, G Lu, F Fu, M Yuan, H Liu… - Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The lower Cambrian Qiongzhusi (Є 1 q) shale in the Sichuan Basin, formerly
considered a source rock, recently achieved high gas production (7.388× 10 5 m 3· d− 1) …

No evidence for a volcanic trigger for late Cambrian carbon-cycle perturbations

J Frieling, TA Mather, IM Fendley, HC Jenkyns… - …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The early Paleozoic was marked by several carbon-cycle perturbations and associated
carbon-isotope excursions (CIEs). Whether these CIEs are connected to significant …

Low oxygen levels and fluctuated redox states of continental shelf seawater after the Cambrian explosion

W Ke, GY Wei, YS Yin, Z Yu, T He, M Zhu… - Global and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cambrian Miaolingian and Furongian (509–485 Ma) represent a critical
transitional interval in evolutionary history of animals, bridging the Cambrian explosion to …

Carbonate uranium isotopes across Cretaceous OAE 2 in southern Mexico: New constraints on the global spread of marine anoxia and organic carbon burial

JT Kulenguski, GJ Gilleaudeau, AJ Kaufman… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
Oceanic anoxic events (OAEs) represent discrete intervals of decreased marine oxygen
concentrations often associated with volcanism, enhanced organic carbon burial coupled …

Animal abundance and redox conditions during the Furongian Cambrian SPICE event, western Utah

AE Olsen, DS Jones, DA Fike, SB Pruss - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Steptoean Positive Isotopic Carbon Excursion (SPICE) is recognized as a
global perturbation of the carbon cycle, with δ 13 C excursions (+ 4–5‰) found worldwide …

Productivity and organic carbon loading control uranium isotope behavior in ancient reducing settings: Implications for the paleoredox proxy

RL Rutledge, GJ Gilleaudeau, MN Remírez… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Uranium isotopes in ancient sedimentary rocks have emerged as a powerful proxy for the
oxygenation history of Earth surface environments. Proper quantitative interpretation of δ …