[HTML][HTML] Environmental controls on very high δ238U values in reducing sediments: Implications for Neoproterozoic seawater records

MO Clarkson, TC Sweere, CF Chiu, R Hennekam… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Uranium isotopes (δ 238 U) are a widely applied tool for tracing global changes in oceanic
anoxia. Interpretation of seawater values and trends, often reconstructed from carbonates …

[HTML][HTML] Sedimentary cycling of zinc and nickel and their isotopes on an upwelling margin: Implications for oceanic budgets and paleoenvironment proxies

Z He, C Archer, S Yang, D Vance - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Zinc and Ni are essential micronutrients whose stable isotope systematics in marine
sediments represent promising, but still developing, tracers of past ocean chemistry and …

Seawater‐fluid composition records from molybdenum isotopes of sequentially extracted phases of seep carbonate rocks

Z Jia, Y Hu, G Bayon, J Peckmann… - Geochemistry …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Authigenic molybdenum (Moauth) in marine sediments holds great potential to archive the
Mo isotopic composition of seawater and biogeochemical processes. However, the factors …

Unveiling a new oceanic anoxic event at the Norian/Rhaetian boundary (Late Triassic)

M Rigo, X Jin, L Godfrey, ME Katz, H Sato… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
The latest Triassic was characterised by protracted biotic extinctions concluding in the End-
Triassic Extinction (~ 200 Ma) and a global carbon cycle perturbation. The onset of declining …

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 …

Sedimentary molybdenum and uranium cycling under seasonally contrasting redox conditions on the Namibian Shelf

M Kossack, F Scholz, CH Anderson, P Vosteen… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Sedimentary molybdenum (Mo) and uranium (U) enrichments have been widely used as a
proxy for redox conditions in oxygen-depleted marine paleo-environments. However, in a …

Global ocean redox changes before and during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event

A Kunert, B Kendall - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Mesozoic oceanic anoxic events are recognized as widespread deposits of marine organic-
rich mudrocks temporally associated with mass extinctions and large igneous province …

Variable local basin hydrography and productivity control the uranium isotope paleoredox proxy in anoxic black shales

KV Lau, LG Hancock, S Severmann, A Kuzminov… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Geochemical proxies—such as the isotopic compositions and abundances of redox-
sensitive metals, organic biomarkers, and sedimentological indicators—can be used …

Uranium isotope reconstruction of ocean deoxygenation during OAE 2 hampered by uncertainties in fractionation factors and local U-cycling

BS McDonald, CA Partin, B Sageman… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
A δ 238 U record of changing ocean anoxia during OAE 2 is reconstructed using seawater
derived U in pelagic marine sediments in the Portland# 1 core in the south-central region of …

A benthic source of isotopically heavy Ni from continental margins and implications for global ocean Ni isotope mass balance

X Bian, SC Yang, RJ Raad, AM Lunstrum… - Earth and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nickel (Ni) is a bio-essential element for phytoplankton in the modern oceans, and yet, the
global ocean mass balance of Ni has puzzled scientists for decades. Many estimates of total …