The oxygen content of the Earth's surface environment is thought to have increased in two broad steps: the Great Oxygenation Event (GOE) around the Archean–Proterozoic boundary …
Geological evidence indicates that grounded ice sheets reached sea level at all latitudes during two long-lived Cryogenian (58 and≥ 5 My) glaciations. Combined uranium-lead and …
As the search for Earth-like exoplanets gathers pace, in order to understand them, we need comprehensive theories for how planetary atmospheres form and evolve. Written by two well …
Aquatic Photosynthesis is a comprehensive guide to understanding the evolution and ecology of photosynthesis in aquatic environments. This second edition, thoroughly revised …
The nine editions of Stable Isotope Geochemistry have appeared over a time span of nearly 50 years. The first edition (1973) appeared as a slim book of 135 pages. Due to the rapid …
The globally important nature of wetland ecosystems has led to their increased protection and restoration as well as their use in engineered systems. Underpinning the beneficial …
Metazoans are likely to have their roots in the Cryogenian period,,, but there is a marked increase in the appearance of novel animal and algae fossils shortly after the termination of …
The gradual discovery that late Neoproterozoic ice sheets extended to sea level near the equator poses a palaeoenvironmental conundrum. Was the Earth's orbital obliquity> …
Abstract Sediment-hosted Pb-Zn deposits can be divided into two major subtypes. The first subtype is clastic-dominated lead-zinc (CD Pb-Zn) ores, which are hosted in shale …