Biological diversification linked to environmental stabilization following the Sturtian Snowball glaciation

FT Bowyer, AJ Krause, Y Song, KJ Huang, Y Fu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The body fossil and biomarker records hint at an increase in biotic complexity between the
two Cryogenian Snowball Earth episodes (ca. 661 million to≤ 650 million years ago) …

U-Pb dating of detrital zircons from the Datangpo Formation, South China: Implications for Sturtian deglaciation age and Nanhua stratal provenance

X Ma, J Wang, TJ Algeo, Z Wang, Y Cen… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Neoproterozoic strata exposed in southwestern Hubei Province preserve vital
information for understanding the provenance of Cryogenian sedimentary rocks on the …

Climatic-hydrologic influence on redox condition in the Cryogenian interglacial Nanhua Basin: Insights from the Datangpo Formation in the northwestern Yangtze …

G Cao, G Zhang, Y Zhao, T Wang, Y Liu, Q Li… - Precambrian …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tracking climatic and oceanic redox changes throughout the Neoproterozoic Cryogenian is
crucial to a better understanding of the coevolution of life and environment in geological …

Editorial preface to special issue: The Earth System during icehouse Climate Modes: Evidence from glacial records in China

X Lang, B Shen, J Chen, M Dodd - Global and Planetary Change, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Through the Earth's~ 4.54 billion year history, icehouse climates have been
relatively short-lived but have exerted a significant impact on the evolution of the habitable …

Manganese mineralization constrained by redox conditions in the Cryogenian Nanhua Basin, South China and its implications for nitrogen and carbon cycling

P Wang, J Wang, Y Du, W Yu, Q Zhou, L Tian… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Nanhua Basin of South China recorded complete Cryogenian stratigraphic sequence
from the Sturtian Glaciation (~ 717–660 Ma) to the Marinoan Glaciation (~ 654–635 Ma). The …

Controls on the formation of Mn carbonates in mudrocks of the Datangpo Formation, Northern Margin Rift Basin, Yangtze Block

Y Xu, M Yang, W Yu, Y Du, P Wang, C Liu… - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Deglaciation following the Sturtian Ice Age led to widespread manganese
carbonate precipitates within marine mudrocks, reflecting unique climatic and …