Cambrian integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China

M Zhu, A Yang, J Yuan, G Li, J Zhang, F Zhao… - Science China Earth …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Cambrian Period is the first period of the Phanerozoic Eon and witnessed the
explosive appearance of the metazoans, representing the beginning of the modern earth-life …

The Neoproterozoic oxygenation event: Environmental perturbations and biogeochemical cycling

LM Och, GA Shields-Zhou - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …

Stratigraphy and paleogeography of the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation (ca. 635–551 Ma) in south China

G Jiang, X Shi, S Zhang, Y Wang, S Xiao - Gondwana Research, 2011 - Elsevier
The Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation (ca. 635–551Ma) in South China contains
exceptionally well-preserved fossils of multicellular eukaryotes including early animals, and …

Calibrating the temporal and spatial dynamics of the Ediacaran-Cambrian radiation of animals

FT Bowyer, AY Zhuravlev, R Wood, GA Shields… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran-Cambrian transition, which incorporates the radiation of animals,
lacks a robust global temporal and spatial framework, resulting in major uncertainty in the …

Towards an Ediacaran time scale: problems, protocols, and prospects

S Xiao, GM Narbonne, C Zhou… - …, 2016 - indianjournalofentrepreneurship …
Abstract The Ediacaran Period follows the Cryogenian Period in the wake of a snowball
Earth glaciation and precedes the Cambrian Period with its rising tide of animal radiation. It …

A highly redox-heterogeneous ocean in South China during the early Cambrian (∼ 529–514 Ma): Implications for biota-environment co-evolution

C Jin, C Li, TJ Algeo, NJ Planavsky, H Cui… - Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The “Cambrian Explosion” is known for rapid increases in the morphological
disparity and taxonomic diversity of metazoans. It has been widely proposed that this …

The earliest Cambrian record of animals and ocean geochemical change

AC Maloof, SM Porter, JL Moore, FÖ Dudás… - …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Cambrian diversification of animals was long thought to have begun with an explosive
phase at the start of the Tommotian Age. Recent stratigraphic discoveries, however, suggest …

Cerium anomaly variations in Ediacaran–earliest Cambrian carbonates from the Yangtze Gorges area, South China: implications for oxygenation of coeval shallow …

HF Ling, X Chen, DA Li, D Wang, GA Shields-Zhou… - Precambrian …, 2013 - Elsevier
The late Neoproterozoic ocean witnessed the naissance of animals which is believed to
have been stimulated by an increase in oxygen levels in the ocean. However, apart from the …

[HTML][HTML] 湖北宜昌寒武系水井沱组页岩气藏主控地质因素和富集模式

陈孝红, 危凯, 张保民, 李培军, 李海, 刘安, 罗胜元 - 中国地质, 2018 - cgsjournals.com
湖北宜昌地区埃迪卡拉纪-寒武纪界线附近地层格架显示宜昌地区埃迪卡拉纪晚期-
早寒武世时期的构造古地理格局具有隆, 凹相间的特点. 凹陷区是寒武系水井沱组下段富有机质 …

Discovery of the lower Cambrian high-quality source rocks and deep oil and gas exploration potential in the Tarim Basin, China

G Zhu, F Chen, M Wang, Z Zhang, R Ren… - AAPG …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT The global Precambrian–Cambrian system includes an important series of
hydrocarbon-bearing strata. However, because rocks of this age are typically deeply buried …