Iron formations: A global record of Neoarchaean to Palaeoproterozoic environmental history

KO Konhauser, NJ Planavsky, DS Hardisty… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Iron formations (IF) represent an iron-rich rock type that typifies many Archaean and
Proterozoic supracrustal successions and are chemical archives of Precambrian seawater …

The Neoproterozoic oxygenation event: Environmental perturbations and biogeochemical cycling

LM Och, GA Shields-Zhou - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The oxygen content of the Earth's surface environment is thought to have increased in two
broad steps: the Great Oxygenation Event (GOE) around the Archean–Proterozoic boundary …

Estimating the timing of early eukaryotic diversification with multigene molecular clocks

LW Parfrey, DJG Lahr, AH Knoll… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Although macroscopic plants, animals, and fungi are the most familiar eukaryotes, the bulk
of eukaryotic diversity is microbial. Elucidating the timing of diversification among the more …

Iron formation: the sedimentary product of a complex interplay among mantle, tectonic, oceanic, and biospheric processes

A Bekker, JF Slack, N Planavsky… - Economic …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Iron formations are economically important sedimentary rocks that are most common in
Precambrian sedimentary successions. Although many aspects of their origin remain …

The geologic time scale

FM Gradstein, JG Ogg, MD Schmitz, GM Ogg - Boston, USA, 2012 - books.google.com
Construction and assembly of the Geologic Time Scale involves:(a) constructing a relative
(chronostratigraphic) standard scale for key periods in the Earth's rock record;(b) identifying …

[图书][B] Geomicrobiology

HL Ehrlich, DK Newman - 2008 - taylorfrancis.com
Uncovers the Key Role Microbes Play in the Transformation of Oxidizable and Reducible
MineralsMany areas of geomicrobial processes are receiving serious attention from …

Tectonic model for the Proterozoic growth of North America

SJ Whitmeyer, KE Karlstrom - Geosphere, 2007 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This paper presents a plate-scale model for the Precambrian growth and evolution of the
North American continent. The core of the North American continent (Canadian shield) came …

Rare earth element and yttrium compositions of Archean and Paleoproterozoic Fe formations revisited: new perspectives on the significance and mechanisms of …

N Planavsky, A Bekker, OJ Rouxel, B Kamber… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2010 - Elsevier
The ocean and atmosphere were largely anoxic in the early Precambrian, resulting in an Fe
cycle that was dramatically different than today's. Extremely Fe-rich sedimentary deposits …

Iron isotope constraints on the Archean and Paleoproterozoic ocean redox state

OJ Rouxel, A Bekker, KJ Edwards - Science, 2005 - science.org
The response of the ocean redox state to the rise of atmospheric oxygen about 2.3 billion
years ago (Ga) is a matter of controversy. Here we provide iron isotope evidence that the …

Large colonial organisms with coordinated growth in oxygenated environments 2.1 Gyr ago

AE Albani, S Bengtson, DE Canfield, A Bekker… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
The evidence for macroscopic life during the Palaeoproterozoic era (2.5–1.6 Gyr ago) is
controversial,,,,. Except for the nearly 2-Gyr–old coil-shaped fossil Grypania spiralis,, which …