Biosedimentological features of major microbe-metazoan transitions (MMTs) from Precambrian to Cenozoic

ZQ Chen, C Tu, Y Pei, J Ogg, Y Fang, S Wu… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biotic activities are involved in almost all sedimentation processes throughout the
evolutionary history of life on our planet. However, deep-time organism-induced …

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 …

Sponge-microbial build-ups from the lowermost Triassic Chanakhchi section in southern Armenia: Microfacies and stable carbon isotopes

E Friesenbichler, S Richoz, A Baud, L Krystyn… - Palaeogeography …, 2018 - Elsevier
The end-Permian mass extinction was the most severe biotic crisis in Earth's history. In its
direct aftermath microbial communities colonized some of the space left vacant after the …

A Permian-Triassic boundary microbialite deposit from the eastern Yangtze Platform (Jiangxi Province, South China): Geobiologic features, ecosystem composition …

S Wu, ZQ Chen, Y Fang, Y Pei, H Yang… - Palaeogeography …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract A Permian-Triassic (P-Tr) boundary microbialite (PTB-microbialite) deposit occurs
near Xiushui on the southern margin of the eastern Yangtze Platform, South China. This 2-m …

Synchronized changes in shallow water carbonate production during the Carnian Pluvial Episode (Late Triassic) throughout Tethys

X Jin, P Gianolla, Z Shi, M Franceschi… - Global and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Quantitative petrologic analysis on carbonates was carried out on stratigraphic sections
encompassing the Carnian Pluvial Episode from northwestern Sichuan Basin, South China …

Onset, development, and cessation of basal Early Triassic microbialites (BETM) in the Nanpanjiang pull-apart Basin, South China Block

B Bagherpour, H Bucher, A Baud, M Brosse… - Gondwana …, 2017 - Elsevier
New investigations in the Nanpanjiang Basin indicate that the onset of the iconic
microbialites associated with the Paleozoic-Mesozoic boundary was Early Triassic in age …

Cyanobacterial spheroids and other biosignatures from microdigitate stromatolites of Mesoproterozoic Wumishan Formation in Jixian, North China

H Yang, ZQ Chen, D Papineau - Precambrian Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Stromatolites have been widely reported from the Archean and Paleoproterozoic
successions worldwide, and they could represent one of oldest life forms on Earth. Of these …

Permian–Triassic boundary microbialites at Zuodeng section, Guangxi Province, South China: geobiology and palaeoceanographic implications

Y Fang, ZQ Chen, S Kershaw, H Yang, M Luo - Global and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
A previously unknown microbialite bed in the Permian–Triassic (P–Tr) boundary beds of
Zuodeng section, Tiandong County, Guangxi, South China comprises a thin (5 cm maximum …

贵州册亨中三叠统坡段组巨鲕特征及其环境指示意义

赵俊杰, 黄云飞, 田力, 黄子航, 王延达, 吉霞, 张世岩… - 地球科学, 2023 - earth-science.net
二叠纪末期生物大灭绝之后的早三叠世, 巨鲕作为一种异常碳酸盐沉积物,
在全球范围内广泛发育, 代表了不利于后生动物生存的极端温室气候条件, 在中三叠世早期环境 …

Proliferation of MISS-related microbial mats following the end-Permian mass extinction in terrestrial ecosystems: evidence from the Lower Triassic of the Yiyang area …

C Tu, ZQ Chen, GJ Retallack, Y Huang, Y Fang - Sedimentary Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISSs) are commonly present in siliciclastic
shallow marine settings following the end-Permian mass extinction, but have been rarely …