Abstract Otavi Group is a 1.5–3.5-km-thick epicontinental marine carbonate succession of
Neoproterozoic age, exposed in an 800-km-long Ediacaran− Cambrian fold belt that rims …

Ooid size in natural systems can be predicted based on the expected equilibrium between
precipitation and abrasion rates. Therefore, ooid size distributions may enable quantitative …

Abstract The Ediacaran–Cambrian boundary strata in the Great Basin of the southwestern
United States record biological, geochemical, and tectonic change during the transformative …

Precambrian marine carbonate strata are commonly assumed to have formed in warm‐
water carbonate factories due to the temperature dependence of non‐skeletal carbonate …

Stromatolites have often served as a diagnostic carbonate facies for deep‐time
palaeoclimatic and geobiological studies because they may form under favourable …

Seawater carbonate chemistry links Earth's climate and carbon cycle through the production
and preservation of carbonate sediments. Models and carbonate facies abundance records …

Precambrian carbonates record secular variations in the style of CaCO3 nucleation and
growth, yet the geochemical conditions recorded by some enigmatic textures remain poorly …

Animals, fungi, and algae with complex multicellular bodies all evolved independently from
unicellular ancestors. The early history of these major eukaryotic multicellular clades, if not …

This study reports on ooid diversity from different lithotypes of the Yacoraite Formation (Salta
Group basin) in the Central Andes of north‐west Argentina. The ooids display a variety of …

The prevalence of ooids in the stratigraphic record, and their association with shallow‐water
carbonate environments, make ooids an important paleoenvironmental indicator. Recent …