Microbial assemblage and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the 1.38 Ga Velkerri Formation, McArthur Basin, northern Australia

What the ~1.4 Ga Xiamaling Formation can and cannot tell us about the mid-Proterozoic ocean

(2018) C. W. Diamond et al.   Geobiology

Assessing the diversity of lipids formed via Fischer-Tropsch-type reactions

(2018) Helge Mißbach et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Synthesis of 26-methyl cholestane and identification of cryostanes in mid-Neoproterozoic sediments

(2018) Pierre Adam et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Spatial and temporal variation in detrital zircon age provenance of the hydrocarbon-bearing upper Roper Group, Beetaloo Sub-basin, Northern Territory, Australia

(2018) Bo Yang et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

1.1-billion-year-old porphyrins establish a marine ecosystem dominated by bacterial primary producers

(2018) N. Gueneli et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The aerobic diagenesis of Mesoproterozoic organic matter

(2018) Xiaomei Wang et al.   Scientific Reports

Spatial and temporal trends in Precambrian nitrogen cycling: A Mesoproterozoic offshore nitrate minimum

(2017) Matthew C. Koehler et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

The rise of algae in Cryogenian oceans and the emergence of animals

(2017) Jochen J. Brocks et al.   NATURE

A palaeoecological model for the late Mesoproterozoic – early Neoproterozoic Atar/El Mreïti Group, Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania, northwestern Africa

(2017) Jérémie Beghin et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Microfossils from the late Mesoproterozoic – early Neoproterozoic Atar/El Mreïti Group, Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania, northwestern Africa

(2017) Jérémie Beghin et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Cryogenian evolution of stigmasteroid biosynthesis

(2017) Yosuke Hoshino et al.   Science Advances

Frutexites-like structures formed by iron oxidizing biofilms in the continental subsurface (Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory, Sweden)

(2017) Christine Heim et al.   PLoS One

Basin redox and primary productivity within the Mesoproterozoic Roper Seaway

(2016) Grant M. Cox et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Organic geochemical characteristics of the Mesoproterozoic Hongshuizhuang Formation from northern China: Implications for thermal maturity and biological sources

(2016) Qingyong Luo et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Microfossils from the lower Mesoproterozoic Kaltasy Formation, East European Platform

(2016) Vladimir N. Sergeev et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Sufficient oxygen for animal respiration 1,400 million years ago

(2016) Shuichang Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Early sponges and toxic protists: possible sources of cryostane, an age diagnostic biomarker antedating Sturtian Snowball Earth

(2015) J. J. Brocks et al.   Geobiology

Comparative microbial diversity and redox environments of black shale and stromatolite facies in the Mesoproterozoic Xiamaling Formation

(2015) Genming Luo et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Characterization of compounds in unresolved complex mixtures (UCM) of a Mesoproterzoic shale by using GC×GC-TOFMS

(2015) Shuifu Li et al.   MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY

Heterogeneous redox conditions and a shallow chemocline in the Mesoproterozoic ocean: Evidence from carbon–sulfur–iron relationships

(2015) Geoffrey J. Gilleaudeau et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Contribution of cyanobacterial alkane production to the ocean hydrocarbon cycle

(2015) David J. Lea-Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reappraisal of hydrocarbon biomarkers in Archean rocks

(2015) Katherine L. French et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Redox heterogeneity of subsurface waters in the Mesoproterozoic ocean

(2014) E. A. Sperling et al.   Geobiology

The rise of oxygen in Earth’s early ocean and atmosphere

(2014) Timothy W. Lyons et al.   NATURE

Evidence for ancient halophiles? Testing biomarker syngeneity of evaporites from Neoproterozoic and Cambrian strata

(2014) Richard Schinteie et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Assessing the syngeneity and indigeneity of hydrocarbons in the ∼1.4Ga Velkerri Formation, McArthur Basin, using slice experiments

(2014) Emma N. Flannery et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Low Mid-Proterozoic atmospheric oxygen levels and the delayed rise of animals

(2014) N. J. Planavsky et al.   SCIENCE

Anoxia in the terrestrial environment during the late Mesoproterozoic

(2013) Vivien M. Cumming et al.   GEOLOGY

Tailing of Chromatographic Peaks in GC-MS Caused by Interaction of Halogenated Solvents with the Ion Source

(2013) J. J. Brocks et al.   JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC SCIENCE

Micro-ablation, a new technique to remove drilling fluids and other contaminants from fragmented and fissile rock material

(2013) Amber J.M. Jarrett et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Late Ediacaran redox stability and metazoan evolution

(2012) D.T. Johnston et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Lipid taphonomy in the Proterozoic and the effect of microbial mats on biomarker preservation

(2012) M. M. Pawlowska et al.   GEOLOGY

The palaeobiology and geochemistry of Precambrian hydrocarbon source rocks

(2012) J. Craig et al.   MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY

Chemostratigraphy of the Late Mesoproterozoic Atar Group, Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania: Muted isotopic variability, facies correlation, and global isotopic trends

(2012) Linda C. Kah et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Millimeter-scale concentration gradients of hydrocarbons in Archean shales: Live-oil escape or fingerprint of contamination?

(2011) Jochen J. Brocks   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Widespread iron-rich conditions in the mid-Proterozoic ocean

(2011) Noah J. Planavsky et al.   NATURE

Identification of carotane breakdown products in the 1.64billion year old Barney Creek Formation, McArthur Basin, northern Australia

(2011) Carina Lee et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Biomarkers of black shales formed by microbial mats, Late Mesoproterozoic (1.1Ga) Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania

(2011) Martin Blumenberg et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

An emerging picture of Neoproterozoic ocean chemistry: Insights from the Chuar Group, Grand Canyon, USA

(2010) David T. Johnston et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Spatial variability in oceanic redox structure 1.8 billion years ago

(2010) Simon W. Poulton et al.   Nature Geoscience

Identification of a methylase required for 2-methylhopanoid production and implications for the interpretation of sedimentary hopanes

(2010) P. V. Welander et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tracking Euxinia in the Ancient Ocean: A Multiproxy Perspective and Proterozoic Case Study

(2009) Timothy W. Lyons et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Re–Os and Mo isotope systematics of black shales from the Middle Proterozoic Velkerri and Wollogorang Formations, McArthur Basin, northern Australia

(2009) Brian Kendall et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Early Earth: Oxygen for heavy-metal fans

(2009) Timothy W. Lyons et al.   NATURE

Fluctuations in Precambrian atmospheric oxygenation recorded by chromium isotopes

(2009) Robert Frei et al.   NATURE

Oligoprenyl-curcumanes and other new aromatic isoprenoids from the 1.64 billion year old Barney Creek Formation

(2009) Jochen J. Brocks et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Assessing biomarker syngeneity using branched alkanes with quaternary carbon (BAQCs) and other plastic contaminants

(2008) Jochen J. Brocks et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Sulfur isotope biogeochemistry of the Proterozoic McArthur Basin

(2008) David T. Johnston et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Investigating pathways of diagenetic organic matter sulfurization using compound-specific sulfur isotope analysis

(2008) Josef P. Werne et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Tracing the stepwise oxygenation of the Proterozoic ocean

(2008) C. Scott et al.   NATURE

Okenane, a biomarker for purple sulfur bacteria (Chromatiaceae), and other new carotenoid derivatives from the 1640Ma Barney Creek Formation

(2007) Jochen J. Brocks et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA