Abstract Otavi Group is a 1.5–3.5-km-thick epicontinental marine carbonate succession of Neoproterozoic age, exposed in an 800-km-long Ediacaran− Cambrian fold belt that rims …
The spatial coverage and temporal resolution of the Early Paleozoic paleoclimate record are limited, primarily due to the paucity of well-preserved skeletal material commonly used for …
The oxygen isotope compositions of carbonate and phosphatic fossils hold the key to understanding Earth-system evolution during the last 500 million years. Unfortunately, the …
The origin and evolution of Earth's biosphere were shaped by the physical and chemical histories of the oceans. Marine chemical sediments and altered oceanic crust preserve a …
The timing of the emergence of subaerial landmasses is equivocally constrained as post- Archean and continues to be a much-debated issue. In this study, we document …
Earth's persistent habitability since the Archean remains poorly understood. Using an oxygen isotope ensemble approach—comprising shale, iron oxide, carbonate, silica, and …
The low 18O/16O stable isotope ratios (δ18O) of ancient chemical sediments imply∼ 70° C Archean oceans if the oxygen isotopic composition of seawater (sw) was similar to modern …
Ongoing seafloor exploration highlights that ultramafic-hosted seafloor massive sulfide deposits (UM-SMS) are ubiquitous along slow to ultra-slow spreading ridges. These …
We present an integrated study combining detailed field, geochronological and geochemical data of a Neoproterozoic intra-oceanic arc systems exposed in the Pan-African belt of the …