Timing and patterns of the great Ordovician biodiversification event and Late Ordovician mass extinction: perspectives from South China

Y Deng, J Fan, S Zhang, X Fang, Z Chen, Y Shi… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The early Paleozoic sediments document two major biological events: the Great Ordovician
Biodiversification Event (GOBE) and Late Ordovician mass extinction (LOME). Many …

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 …

Cambrian explosion condensed: High-precision geochronology of the lower Wood Canyon Formation, Nevada

LL Nelson, JL Crowley, EF Smith… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The geologically rapid appearance of fossils of modern animal phyla within Cambrian strata
is a defining characteristic of the history of life on Earth. However, temporal calibration of the …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive Cambrian correlation chart

G Geyer - Episodes Journal of International Geoscience, 2019 - episodes.org
Abstract The International Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy has introduced a
number of internal subdivisions (ie, series and stages), but most of the explanatory …

Massive formation of early diagenetic dolomite in the Ediacaran ocean: Constraints on the “dolomite problem”

B Chang, C Li, D Liu, I Foster, A Tripati… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Paleozoic and Precambrian sedimentary successions frequently contain massive
dolomicrite [CaMg (CO3) 2] units despite kinetic inhibitions to nucleation and precipitation of …

Astronomical time scale for the Paleozoic Era

H Wu, Q Fang, LA Hinnov, S Zhang, T Yang, M Shi… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Milankovitch cycles are quasi-periodic fluctuations in insolation forced by the variation in
Earth's astronomical parameters. The astronomically induced climate change affected the …

The links between Neoproterozoic tectonics, paleoenvironment and Cambrian explosion in the Yangtze Block, China

Y Dong, B Hui, S Sun, J Sun, R Zang, B Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The correlation between Neoproterozoic tectonics, paleoenvironment and early life are
crucial for understanding the evolution of the Earth's habitability. The Yangtze Block …

[HTML][HTML] Locating the BACE of the Cambrian: Bayan Gol in southwestern Mongolia and global correlation of the Ediacaran–Cambrian boundary

T Topper, MJ Betts, D Dorjnamjaa, G Li, L Li… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The diversification of animals during the Cambrian Period is one of the most significant
evolutionary events in Earth's history. However, the sequence of events leading to the origin …

Orbitally-paced climate change in the early Cambrian and its implications for the history of the Solar System

T Zhang, Y Li, T Fan, AC Da Silva, J Shi, Q Gao… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
The early Cambrian was a critical period of Earth history, marked by explosive diversification
of metazoans and several profound changes in Earth's surface environments and global …

Neoproterozoic postglacial paleoenvironment and hydrocarbon potential: A review and new insights from the Doushantuo Formation Sichuan Basin, China

D Xiao, J Cao, B Luo, X Tan, W Xiao, Y He, K Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The Neoproterozoic provides an important record of glacial–postglacial paleoenvironments,
organic carbon cycling, and hydrocarbon accumulation. Here, to better understand the …