A Cenozoic Record of Deep Oceanic Zn Isotopic Composition in Ferromanganese Crusts

M Zhao, N Planavsky, X Wang, Y Zhang… - American Journal of …, 2023 - ajsonline.org
Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

[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 …

A template for an improved rock-based subdivision of the pre-Cryogenian timescale

GA Shields, RA Strachan, SM Porter… - Journal of the …, 2022 - lyellcollection.org
The geological timescale before 720 Ma uses rounded absolute ages rather than specific
events recorded in rocks to subdivide time. This has led increasingly to mismatches between …

A sedimentary record of the evolution of the global marine phosphorus cycle

NJ Planavsky, D Asael, AD Rooney, LJ Robbins… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphorus (P) is typically considered to be the ultimate limiting nutrient for Earth's
biosphere on geologic timescales. As P is monoisotopic, its sedimentary enrichment can …

A Double‐Edged Sword: The Role of Sulfate in Anoxic Marine Phosphorus Cycling Through Earth History

MA Kipp - Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Modern anoxic marine sediments release phosphorus (P) to seawater, driving feedbacks at
multiple timescales. On sub‐Myr timescales, anoxic P regeneration amplifies ocean …

Fossilized giant sulfide‐oxidizing bacteria from the Devonian Hollard Mound seep deposit, Morocco

D Smrzka, J Zwicker, H Schulz‐Vogt, CTS Little… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The giant sulfide‐oxidizing bacteria are particularly prone to preservation in the rock record,
and their fossils have been identified in ancient phosphorites, cherts, and carbonates. This …

[HTML][HTML] Testing the global significance of the sulfur isotope record of the ca. 2.0 Ga Zaonega Formation: A micro-scale S isotope investigation

K Paiste, DA Fike, K Kirsimäe, C Jones… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
The Paleoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks of the Zaonega Formation (Onega Basin, NW
Russia) are important archives of inferred global environmental change following the initial …

Identifying global vs. basinal controls on Paleoproterozoic organic carbon and sulfur isotope records

K Paiste, A Lepland, AL Zerkle, K Kirsimäe… - Earth-science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Paleoproterozoic sedimentary successions are important archives of the redox evolution of
Earth's atmosphere and oceans. Efforts to unravel the dynamics of our planet's early …

Transient deep-water oxygenation recorded by rare Mesoproterozoic phosphorites, South Urals

EE Stüeken, AB Kuznetsov, IM Vasilyeva… - Precambrian …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Mesoproterozoic deep ocean is thought to have been largely anoxic, dominated by
ferruginous conditions. Phosphate was scavenged from the water column by iron …

Shallow-ocean and atmospheric redox signatures preserved in the ca. 1.88 Ga Sokoman iron formation, Labrador Trough, Canada

GP Sindol, MG Babechuk, J Conliffe, JF Slack… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
Detailed mineralogical and geochemical analysis of drill core samples from three previously
unstudied localities (Sheps Lake, Lac Ritchie, Hayot Lake) of the ca. 1.88 Ga Sokoman …