Uranium isotope evidence for an expansion of anoxia in terminal Ediacaran oceans

R Tostevin, MO Clarkson, S Gangl, GA Shields… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Anoxic and iron-rich oceanic conditions prevailed throughout most of the Archean and
Proterozoic (4000 to c. 540 million years ago, Ma), but the oceans are hypothesised to have …

Constraints on the late Ediacaran sulfur cycle from carbonate associated sulfate

R Tostevin, T He, AV Turchyn, RA Wood, AM Penny… - Precambrian …, 2017 - Elsevier
We report new sulfur isotope compositions (δ 34 S) in carbonate associated sulfate (CAS)
and pyrite from the lower Nama Group, Namibia (∼ 550 to< 547 Ma), and use these data to …

Insight into the genesis of the Zhaosu Carboniferous Mn carbonate deposit (NW China): Constraints from petrography, geochemistry, and C–Mo isotopes

ZG Dong, ZD Peng, CL Wang, BL Zhang, LC Zhang… - Mineralium …, 2022 - Springer
The genesis (primary versus secondary) of Mn carbonate-rich sediments, which consist of
sub-economic rocks and ore deposits, remains hotly debated. Here, we investigated the …

A transient oxygen increase in the Mesoproterozoic ocean at∼ 1.44 Ga: Geochemical evidence from the Tieling Formation, North China Platform

Y Yu, Y Chen, D Li, J Su - Precambrian Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Oxygen availability is crucial for the evolution of eukaryotes in geological history, yet
detailed Mesoproterozoic oceanic-atmospheric redox conditions remain enigmatic. In …

Effects of seasonal anoxia on the microbial community structure in demosponges in a marine lake in Lough Hyne, Ireland

A Schuster, BW Strehlow, L Eckford-Soper, R McAllen… - Msphere, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Climate change is expanding marine oxygen minimum zones (OMZs), while anthropogenic
nutrient input depletes oxygen concentrations locally. The effects of deoxygenation on …

Using SIMS to decode noisy stratigraphic δ13C variations in Ediacaran carbonates

S Xiao, H Cui, J Kang, KA McFadden, AJ Kaufman… - Precambrian …, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbonate carbon isotope (δ 13 C carb) chemostratigraphy is a valuable tool in
Precambrian stratigraphic correlation. The effectiveness of this tool rests on the assumption …

Transient shallow-ocean oxidation associated with the late Ediacaran Nama skeletal fauna: evidence from iodine contents of the Lower Nama Group, southern …

CI Uahengo, X Shi, G Jiang, A Vatuva - Precambrian Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The terminal Ediacaran interval from~ 550 Ma to 541 Ma witnessed the first appearance of
skeletal metazoans and complex ecosystems in Earth history. This biotic innovation event is …

[HTML][HTML] Initial cyclostratigraphy of the middle Nama Group (Schwarzrand Subgroup) in southern Namibia

BR Spiering, A Bissick, SAF Darroch, JHFL Davies… - Precambrian …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran Period includes critical evolutionary trends of early complex life as
well as climatic variations associated with ocean oxygenation, glaciations, and carbon …

Calcium isotopes as a record of the marine calcium cycle versus carbonate diagenesis during the late Ediacaran

R Tostevin, HJ Bradbury, GA Shields, RA Wood… - Chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Calcium isotope ratios in ancient carbonate rocks can provide insight into the global marine
calcium cycle as well as local conditions during carbonate mineral precipitation and …

[HTML][HTML] A shift in redox conditions near the Ediacaran/Cambrian transition and its possible influence on early animal evolution, Corumbá Group, Brazil

FA Caxito, E Sperling, G Fazio, RR Adorno… - Geoscience …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran–Cambrian transition witnessed some of the most important
biological, tectonic, climatic and geochemical changes in Earth's history. Of utmost …