Low Mid-Proterozoic atmospheric oxygen levels and the delayed rise of animals

NJ Planavsky, CT Reinhard, X Wang, D Thomson… - science, 2014 - science.org
The oxygenation of Earth's surface fundamentally altered global biogeochemical cycles and
ultimately paved the way for the rise of metazoans at the end of the Proterozoic. However …

A Mesoproterozoic carbonate platform (lower Belt Supergroup of western North America): Sediments, facies, tides, tsunamis and earthquakes in a tectonically active …

BR Pratt, RG Rule - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbonate rocks of the lower Belt Supergroup (ca. 1.45 Ga) in west-central North America
include the Haig Brook, Tombstone Mountain, Waterton and Altyn formations which crop out …

A global transition to ferruginous conditions in the early Neoproterozoic oceans

R Guilbaud, SW Poulton, NJ Butterfield, M Zhu… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Eukaryotic life expanded during the Proterozoic eon, 2.5 to 0.542 billion years ago, against a
background of fluctuating ocean chemistry,,. After about 1.8 billion years ago, the global …

The rise and fall of stromatolites in shallow marine environments

SE Peters, JM Husson, J Wilcots - Geology, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Stromatolites are abundant in shallow marine sediments deposited before the evolution of
animals, but in the modern ocean they are restricted to locations where the activity of …

[HTML][HTML] Microfossils from the late mesoproterozoic–early neoproterozoic atar/el Mreïti group, Taoudeni basin, Mauritania, northwestern Africa

J Beghin, JY Storme, C Blanpied, N Gueneli… - Precambrian …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The well-preserved Meso-Neoproterozoic shallow marine succession of the Atar/El
Mreïti Group, in the Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania, offers a unique opportunity to investigate …

Mixed carbonate–siliciclastic sedimentation in forebulge grabens: An example from the Ediacaran Bambuí Group, São Francisco Basin, Brazil

HLS Reis, JF Suss - Sedimentary Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Mixed carbonate–siliciclastic successions have been described in multiple Phanerozoic
sedimentary settings recording the dynamic interplay of tectonics, eustasy, climate, in situ …

Ediacaran forebulge grabens of the southern São Francisco basin, SE Brazil: Craton interior dynamics during West Gondwana assembly

HLS Reis, JF Suss, RCS Fonseca, FF Alkmim - Precambrian Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran Bambuí Group corresponds to the main sedimentary succession
exposed in the intracratonic São Fransico basin, E Brazil. Comprising an unconformity …

An alternate perspective on the opening and closing of the intracratonic Purana basins in peninsular India

A Basu, ME Bickford - Journal of the Geological Society of India, 2015 - Springer
Purana basins in India are Proterozoic in age, filled with mostly marine, deltaic, and fluvial
sediments, with some alluvial fan deposits in the basin margins. The basin fill is largely …

Chemostratigraphy of the Shaler Supergroup, Victoria Island, NW Canada: A record of ocean composition prior to the Cryogenian glaciations

D Thomson, RH Rainbird, N Planavsky, TW Lyons… - Precambrian …, 2015 - Elsevier
A new δ 13 C carb curve combined with δ 13 C org values is presented for the upper Shaler
Supergroup (∼ 900 to∼ 720 Ma), Amundsen Basin, northwestern Canada. The dataset fills …

Aluminosilicate haloes preserve complex life approximately 800 million years ago

RP Anderson, NJ Tosca, G Cinque… - Interface …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Mudstone-hosted microfossils are a major component of the Proterozoic fossil record,
particularly dominating the record of early eukaryotic life. Early organisms possessed no …