Progress towards an improved Precambrian seawater 87Sr/86Sr curve

X Chen, Y Zhou, GA Shields - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The secular trend of seawater strontium isotope ratio (87 Sr/86 Sr) reflects changes in the
relative contributions of continental versus mantle reservoirs to ocean composition, and …

Past climates inform our future

JE Tierney, CJ Poulsen, IP Montañez, T Bhattacharya… - science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND Anthropogenic emissions are rapidly altering Earth's climate, pushing it
toward a warmer state for which there is no historical precedent. Although no perfect analog …

Snowball Earth climate dynamics and Cryogenian geology-geobiology

PF Hoffman, DS Abbot, Y Ashkenazy, DI Benn… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Geological evidence indicates that grounded ice sheets reached sea level at all latitudes
during two long-lived Cryogenian (58 and≥ 5 My) glaciations. Combined uranium-lead and …

A Cryogenian chronology: Two long-lasting synchronous Neoproterozoic glaciations

AD Rooney, JV Strauss, AD Brandon… - …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The snowball Earth hypothesis predicts globally synchronous glaciations that persisted on a
multimillion year time scale. Geochronological tests of this hypothesis have been limited by …

Continental flood basalt weathering as a trigger for Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth

GM Cox, GP Halverson, RK Stevenson… - Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Atmospheric CO 2 levels and global climate are regulated on geological timescales by the
silicate weathering feedback. However, this thermostat has failed multiple times in Earth's …

Calibrating the terminations of Cryogenian global glaciations

C Zhou, MH Huyskens, X Lang, S Xiao… - Geology, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Cryogenian Sturtian and Marinoan glacial and associated strata record the most
severe paleoclimatic events in Earth history and are the main test ground of the snowball …

[PDF][PDF] 中国元古界—寒武系油气地质条件与勘探地位

赵文智, 胡素云, 汪泽成, 张水昌, 王铜山 - 石油勘探与开发, 2018 - cpedm.com
四川盆地安岳特大型气田的发现坚定了勘探家在元古界—寒武系找油找气信心.
以中新元古代大地构造格局重建与重大地质事件分析为基础, 从烃源岩, 储集层条件及成藏组合 …

Tectono-stratigraphic framework of Neoproterozoic to Cambrian strata, west-central US: Protracted rifting, glaciation, and evolution of the North American Cordilleran …

WA Yonkee, CD Dehler, PK Link, EA Balgord… - Earth-Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Stratigraphic, geochronologic, and geochemical patterns of Neoproterozoic to Cambrian
sedimentary and volcanic rocks in Utah, Nevada, and SE Idaho record a dynamically …

Claypool continued: Extending the isotopic record of sedimentary sulfate

PW Crockford, M Kunzmann, A Bekker, J Hayles… - Chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Proterozoic Eon spans Earth's middle age during which many important
transitions occurred. These transitions include the oxygenation of the atmosphere …

Cyclostratigraphic constraints on the duration of the Datangpo Formation and the onset age of the Nantuo (Marinoan) glaciation in South China

X Bao, S Zhang, G Jiang, H Wu, H Li, X Wang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Constructing an accurate timeline is critical for reconstructing the Earth systems through
critical transitions in climate, geochemistry, and life. Existing dates constrain synchronous …