A Cenozoic Record of Deep Oceanic Zn Isotopic Composition in Ferromanganese Crusts

M Zhao, N Planavsky, X Wang, Y Zhang… - American Journal of …, 2023 - ajsonline.org
Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

Reconciling proxy records and models of Earth's oxygenation during the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic

R Tostevin, BJW Mills - Interface focus, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A hypothesized rise in oxygen levels in the Neoproterozoic, dubbed the Neoproterozoic
Oxygenation Event, has been repeatedly linked to the origin and rise of animal life …

Sulfate triple-oxygen-isotope evidence confirming oceanic oxygenation 570 million years ago

H Wang, Y Peng, C Li, X Cao, M Cheng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The largest negative inorganic carbon isotope excursion in Earth's history, namely the
Ediacaran Shuram Excursion (SE), closely followed by early animal radiation, has been …

Extreme variability in atmospheric oxygen levels in the late Precambrian

AJ Krause, BJW Mills, AS Merdith, TM Lenton… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Mapping the history of atmospheric O2 during the late Precambrian is vital for evaluating
potential links to animal evolution. Ancient O2 levels are often inferred from geochemical …

Global and local drivers of the Ediacaran Shuram carbon isotope excursion

JF Busch, EB Hodgin, ASC Ahm, JM Husson… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran Shuram carbon isotope excursion (CIE) follows the regional
Gaskiers glaciation and occurs before the appearance of macroscopic animal fossils …

Reconstructing the lithium isotopic composition (δ7Li) of seawater from shallow marine carbonate sediments

JG Murphy, ASC Ahm, PK Swart, JA Higgins - Geochimica et cosmochimica …, 2022 - Elsevier
Records of the lithium isotopic composition of seawater (δ 7 Li sw), preserved in the lithium
isotopic composition of shallow-marine carbonate sediments (δ 7 Li carb), provide …

Deposition or diagenesis? Probing the Ediacaran Shuram excursion in South China by SIMS

H Cui, K Kitajima, IJ Orland, S Xiao, JM Baele… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran Period (ca. 635–541 Ma) witnessed the earliest paleontological
evidence for macroscopic animals (ie, Ediacara biota) and geochemical observations of the …

Oxygen increase and the pacing of early animal evolution

K Kaiho, A Shizuya, M Kikuchi, T Komiya… - Global and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
While it is widely accepted that early animals originated and primarily evolved during the
Neoproterozoic to Cambrian period, there remains ongoing debate over how fluctuations in …

An authigenic response to Ediacaran surface oxidation: Remarkable micron-scale isotopic heterogeneity revealed by SIMS

H Cui, K Kitajima, IJ Orland, JM Baele, S Xiao… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran Shuram excursion (SE) records a global decrease in carbonate
carbon isotope (δ 13 C carb) values from+ 6‰ down to ca.–10‰, representing the largest δ …

Barite in the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation and its implications for marine carbon cycling during the largest negative carbon isotope excursion in Earth's history

M Cheng, H Wang, C Li, G Luo, J Huang, Z She… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran Period (∼ 635–539 Ma) witnessed the largest negative inorganic
carbon isotope (δ 13 C carb) excursion in Earth's history (ie, the Shuram Excursion), which is …