A late Ediacaran ice age: The key node in the Earth system evolution

R Wang, Z Yin, B Shen - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Glacial depositions are widely discovered in the late Ediacaran strata all over the world, but
the temporal and spatial distributions of the Ediacaran glaciations remain poorly …

Uncovering the Ediacaran phosphorus cycle

MS Dodd, W Shi, C Li, Z Zhang, M Cheng, H Gu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Phosphorus is a limiting nutrient that is thought to control oceanic oxygen levels to a large
extent,–. A possible increase in marine phosphorus concentrations during the Ediacaran …

Sulfate triple-oxygen-isotope evidence confirming oceanic oxygenation 570 million years ago

H Wang, Y Peng, C Li, X Cao, M Cheng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The largest negative inorganic carbon isotope excursion in Earth's history, namely the
Ediacaran Shuram Excursion (SE), closely followed by early animal radiation, has been …

Ediacaran Cordilleran-type mountain ice sheets and their erosion effects

Y Niu, GR Shi, Q Zhang, BG Jones, X Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Glacial erosion has long been recognized as a significant factor contributing to continental
denudation during the Ediacaran Period, consequently leading to geochemical …

Geometrical engineering of a SPAN–graphene composite cathode for practical Li–S batteries

H Kim, JY Hwang, S Bang, HG Jung… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The realization of practical lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries is contingent on the development
of innovative electrode designs having high energy, high power and a long lifespan. Herein …

Plate tectonics: the stabilizer of earth's habitability

Z Wang, J Zhang, K Zong, TM Kusky, Y Wang - Journal of Earth Science, 2023 - Springer
Earth is the only planet known to be habitable, and is also unique with its liquid water, and
the operation of plate tectonics. The geological record shows that the habitability of our …

The origin of cap carbonate after the Ediacaran glaciations

R Wang, C Xing, B Wen, X Wang, K Liu… - Global and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstracts Cap carbonate is the most unique component of a Snowball Earth glaciation, ie,
two Cryogenian global glaciations. In the canonical model, cap carbonate precipitation …

Sedimentary characteristics and evolution of Ediacaran glaciation in western Henan Province, southern North China Craton

X Chen, H Kuang, Y Liu, N Peng, Y Wang… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran-Cambrian transition is recognized as a warm period. However,
glaciations have been reported in many paleocontinents worldwide during this transition …

Spatiotemporal variation of dissolved oxygen in the Ediacaran surface ocean and its implication for oceanic carbon cycling

Z Zhang, M Cheng, H Wang, X Chen, W Guo… - Science China Earth …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Ediacaran Period (635–539 Ma) witnessed the largest negative excursion in
inorganic carbon isotope (δ13Ccarb) over the Earth's geological history, also known as the …

Late Ediacaran iron formations in NW Iran: Origin, depositional age, tectonic and climatic significance

M Honarmand, G Nabatian, C Wagner, I Monsef… - Precambrian …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The late Neoproterozoic Takab banded iron formation (BIF) occurs in one of the
most important part of the Iranian plateau containing Precambrian crustal segments, now …