The redox structure of Ediacaran and early Cambrian oceans and its controls

C Li, W Shi, M Cheng, C Jin, TJ Algeo - Science Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
The rapid diversification of early animals during the Ediacaran (635–541 Ma) and early
Cambrian (ca. 541–509 Ma) has frequently been attributed to increasing oceanic …

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 …

The tempo of Ediacaran evolution

C Yang, AD Rooney, DJ Condon, XH Li… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The rise of complex macroscopic life occurred during the Ediacaran Period, an interval that
witnessed large-scale disturbances to biogeochemical systems. The current 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 …

Global and local drivers of the Ediacaran Shuram carbon isotope excursion

JF Busch, EB Hodgin, ASC Ahm, JM Husson… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran Shuram carbon isotope excursion (CIE) follows the regional
Gaskiers glaciation and occurs before the appearance of macroscopic animal fossils …

Perspectives on Proterozoic surface ocean redox from iodine contents in ancient and recent carbonate

DS Hardisty, Z Lu, A Bekker, CW Diamond… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Proterozoic Eon hosted the emergence and initial recorded diversification of
eukaryotes. Oxygen levels in the shallow marine settings critical to these events were lower …

Unique Neoproterozoic carbon isotope excursions sustained by coupled evaporite dissolution and pyrite burial

GA Shields, BJW Mills, M Zhu, TD Raub, SJ Daines… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The Neoproterozoic era witnessed a succession of biological innovations that culminated in
diverse animal body plans and behaviours during the Ediacaran–Cambrian radiations …

Was the Ediacaran Shuram Excursion a globally synchronized early diagenetic event? Insights from methane-derived authigenic carbonates in the uppermost …

H Cui, AJ Kaufman, S Xiao, C Zhou, XM Liu - Chemical Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran Period is characterized by the most profound negative carbon
isotope (δ 13 C) excursion in Earth history, the Shuram Excursion. Various hypotheses …

Carbon pools and fluxes in the China Seas and adjacent oceans

N Jiao, Y Liang, Y Zhang, J Liu, Y Zhang… - Science China Earth …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The China Seas include the South China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, and
Bohai Sea. Located off the Northwestern Pacific margin, covering 4700000 km 2 from …

Uncovering the spatial heterogeneity of Ediacaran carbon cycling

C Li, DS Hardisty, G Luo, J Huang, TJ Algeo… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Records of the Ediacaran carbon cycle (635–541 million years ago) include the Shuram
excursion (SE), the largest negative carbonate carbon isotope excursion in Earth history …