[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] Effects of redox variability and early diagenesis on marine sedimentary Hg records

J Frieling, TA Mather, C März, HC Jenkyns… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Volcanism is a dominant natural source of mercury (Hg) to the atmosphere, biosphere,
ocean and sediments. In recent years, sedimentary Hg contents have emerged as a tool to …

UID: The uranium isotope database

H Li, FLH Tissot - Chemical Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
As the parent element in the U-Pb and Pb-Pb radiochronometers, uranium (U) was one of
the first heavy elements whose isotopic composition was carefully determined. Thought to …

[HTML][HTML] Uranium isotope evidence for extensive seafloor anoxia after the end-Triassic mass extinction

A Somlyay, L Palcsu, GI Kiss, MO Clarkson… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The end-Triassic extinction (ETE) ranks as one of the 'Big Five'biotic crises of the
Phanerozoic and is thought to be triggered by volcanism of the Central Atlantic Magmatic …

Exploring uranium isotopes in shark teeth as a paleo-redox proxy

H Li, MA Kipp, SL Kim, ER Kast, JJ Eberle… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
The uranium isotope composition (δ 238 U) of seawater is a powerful proxy for the extent of
marine anoxia. For paleoredox reconstructions, carbonates are the most popular U isotope …

No evidence for expansion of global ocean euxinia during the base Stairsian mass extinction event (Tremadocian, Early Ordovician)

X Lu, CT Edwards, B Kendall - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract A Tremadocian (Early Ordovician, base Stairsian North American Stage) mass
extinction event is recorded globally in rocks from several ancient continents and is …

[HTML][HTML] Co-variation systematics of uranium and molybdenum isotopes reveal pathways for descent into euxinia in Mediterranean sapropels

CF Chiu, TC Sweere, MO Clarkson… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
The elemental concentrations and isotope compositions of molybdenum (Mo) and uranium
(U) are commonly used for the reconstruction of past global and local redox conditions, and …

[HTML][HTML] Marine nitrogen cycling dynamics under altering redox conditions: Insights from deposition of sapropels S1 and the ambiguous S2 in the Eastern …

ZR van Kemenade, A Cutmore, R Hennekam… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The eastern Mediterranean Sea (EMS) sedimentary record is periodically
interspersed with organic-rich 'sapropel'layers. Sapropels are characteristic of basin-wide …

Uranium isotopes in non-euxinic shale and carbonate reveal dynamic Katian marine redox conditions accompanying a decrease in biodiversity prior to the Late …

X Lu, GJ Gilleaudeau, B Kendall - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Ordovician mass extinction (LOME) is the first major mass extinction event
in the Phanerozoic. However, global biodiversity started to decline during the Katian (prior to …

[HTML][HTML] Source versus weathering processes as controls on the Mackenzie river uranium isotope signature

Q Charbonnier, MO Clarkson, RG Hilton, D Vance - Chemical Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
Uranium (U) isotope signatures (δ 238 U) recorded in sedimentary archives provide insight
into the paleo redox state of the ocean. But the robust interpretation of these sedimentary U …