The links between Neoproterozoic tectonics, paleoenvironment and Cambrian explosion in the Yangtze Block, China

Y Dong, B Hui, S Sun, J Sun, R Zang, B Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The correlation between Neoproterozoic tectonics, paleoenvironment and early life are
crucial for understanding the evolution of the Earth's habitability. The Yangtze Block …

The shibantan lagerstätte: Insights into the proterozoic–phanerozoic transition

S Xiao, Z Chen, K Pang, C Zhou… - Journal of the Geological …, 2021 - lyellcollection.org
The Shibantan Lagerstätte (551–543 Ma) in the Yangtse Gorges area in South China is one
of the best-known examples of terminal Ediacaran fossil assemblages preserved in marine …

Sedimentology and chemostratigraphy of the terminal Ediacaran Dengying Formation at the Gaojiashan section, South China

H Cui, S Xiao, Y Cai, S Peek, RE Plummer… - Geological …, 2019 - cambridge.org
The terminal Ediacaran Dengying Formation (c. 551.1–538.8 Ma) in South China is one of
two successions where Ediacara-type macrofossils are preserved in carbonate facies along …

Ubiquitous occurrence of organogenic dolomite in a late Ediacaran limestone-dominated succession from the Eastern Yangtze Gorges area of South China

Q Xiao, Z Xia, Z She, D Papineau, G Luo, B Chang… - Precambrian …, 2024 - Elsevier
The widespread occurrence of dolostones in Paleozoic and Precambrian sequences stands
in stark contrast to the difficulty of precipitating dolomite in experiments at low temperature …

Dramatic changes in the carbonate-hosted barium isotopic compositions in the Ediacaran Yangtze Platform

W Wei, Z Zeng, J Shen, LL Tian, GY Wei… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Barium (Ba) isotopic compositions (δ 138 Ba) have been advocated as a novel paleo-
productivity proxy, because of the strong control of biological productivity on the distribution …

Interaction of Shibantan Biota and environment in the terminal Ediacaran ocean: Evidence from I/(Ca+ Mg) and sulfur isotopes

K Huang, M Cheng, TJ Algeo, J Hu, H Wang… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The terminal Ediacaran (∼ 551–539 Ma) was a crucial period in Earth's history that
witnessed the first appearance of skeletonized animals and complex ecosystems (eg, the …

New siliceous microfossils from the Terreneuvian Yanjiahe Formation, South China: the possible earliest radiolarian fossil record

S Chang, Q Feng, L Zhang - Journal of Earth Science, 2018 - Springer
Radiolarians form an important part of the planktonic realm in the ocean of Early Paleozoic,
but their origin and evolutionary processes has long been enigmatic. The ancestral …

Terminal Ediacaran carbonate tempestites in the eastern Yangtze Gorges area, South China

Q Xiao, Z She, G Wang, Y Li, G Ouyang, K Cao… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The terminal Ediacaran Dengying Formation in the eastern Yangtze Gorges area,
South China is well known for hosting diverse Ediacaran-type macrofossils and trace fossils …

Paired δ13Ccarb13Corg Evolution of the Dengying Formation from Northeastern Guizhou and Implications for Stratigraphic Correlation and the Late Ediacaran …

Y Ding, D Chen, X Zhou, T Huang, C Guo… - Journal of Earth …, 2020 - Springer
This study provides δ 13 C profiles from a lower-slope (Well ZK102) to basin (Bahuang
Section) environment to better understand the temporal and spatial variability in δ 13 C carb …

[HTML][HTML] The Rise of Proterozoic Diagenetic Spheroids Formed by Chemically Oscillating Reactions and Stimulated by Environmental Redox Changes

PA Buma-At, D Papineau - Minerals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Diagenetic spheroids are rounded mineralised structures in sedimentary rocks that span
several orders of size dimensions. These objects include rosettes spanning tens of …