[HTML][HTML] Sedimentary Ce anomalies: Secular change and implications for paleoenvironmental evolution

K Zhang, GA Shields - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Although Ce anomalies are commonly used to reconstruct past seawater redox conditions,
published interpretations are based on various proxy materials and analytical approaches …

Extreme variability in atmospheric oxygen levels in the late Precambrian

AJ Krause, BJW Mills, AS Merdith, TM Lenton… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Mapping the history of atmospheric O2 during the late Precambrian is vital for evaluating
potential links to animal evolution. Ancient O2 levels are often inferred from geochemical …

A pulse of oxygen increase in the early Mesoproterozoic ocean at ca. 1.57–1.56 Ga

M Shang, D Tang, X Shi, L Zhou, X Zhou… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
The relationship between oxygen and evolution of early eukaryotes including algae and
primitive animals in geological history has been debated, partly due to the varying estimates …

Reconstructing Neoproterozoic seawater chemistry from early diagenetic dolomite

PW Crockford, M Kunzmann, CL Blättler… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The pairing of calcium and magnesium isotopes (δ 44/40 Ca, δ 26 Mg) has recently
emerged as a useful tracer to understand the environmental information preserved in …

Mesoproterozoic oxygenation event: From shallow marine to atmosphere

B Xie, J Zhu, X Wang, D Xu, L Zhou, X Zhou… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Oxygen availability is crucial for the evolution of eukaryotes in geological history, but the
redox conditions of the mid-Proterozoic atmospheric-oceanic system remain vigorously …

The uranium isotopic record of shales and carbonates through geologic time

X Chen, FLH Tissot, MF Jansen, A Bekker… - … et cosmochimica acta, 2021 - Elsevier
In the modern ocean, U reduction and incorporation into anoxic sediments imparts a large
isotopic fractionation of approximately+ 0.6‰ that shifts the seawater δ 238 U value (238 …

A Bayesian approach to inferring depositional ages applied to a late Tonian reference section in Svalbard

GP Halverson, C Shen, JHFL Davies… - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Increasing application of high precision uranium-lead (U-Pb) and rhenium-osmium (Re-Os)
geochronology to the ancient geological record has resulted in massive improvement in age …

Mesoproterozoic molar tooth structure related to increased marine oxygenation

D Tang, H Fang, X Shi, L Liang, L Zhou… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Marine carbonate fabrics are intrinsically related to ocean chemistry, physical processes and
biological activity. Molar tooth structure (MTS), a globally distributed structure in Proterozoic …

Oxygen increase and the pacing of early animal evolution

K Kaiho, A Shizuya, M Kikuchi, T Komiya… - Global and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
While it is widely accepted that early animals originated and primarily evolved during the
Neoproterozoic to Cambrian period, there remains ongoing debate over how fluctuations in …

Iodine incorporation into dolomite: Experimental constraints and implications for the iodine redox proxy and Proterozoic Ocean

MS Hashim, JE Burke, DS Hardisty… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Iodine concentrations in sedimentary carbonate minerals are used as a proxy to reconstruct
the redox landscape in shallow oceans throughout Earth history. The proxy [I/(Ca+ Mg)] …