Oxygenation of the Mesoproterozoic ocean and the evolution of complex eukaryotes

Diversity of organic-walled microfossils from the early Mesoproterozoic Ruyang Group, North China Craton – A window into the early eukaryote evolution

(2017) Heda Agić et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Atmospheric oxygen regulation at low Proterozoic levels by incomplete oxidative weathering of sedimentary organic carbon

(2017) Stuart J. Daines et al.   Nature Communications

Extremely low oxygen concentration in mid-Proterozoic shallow seawaters

(2016) Dongjie Tang 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

Low-oxygen waters limited habitable space for early animals

(2016) R. Tostevin et al.   Nature Communications

Dynamic anoxic ferruginous conditions during the end-Permian mass extinction and recovery

(2016) M. O. Clarkson et al.   Nature Communications

A refined dissolution method for rare earth element studies of bulk carbonate rocks

(2015) Kan Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Dynamic redox conditions control late Ediacaran metazoan ecosystems in the Nama Group, Namibia

(2015) R.A. Wood et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Sulfur isotope composition of carbonate-associated sulfate from the Mesoproterozoic Jixian Group, North China: Implications for the marine sulfur cycle

(2015) Hua Guo et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Kotuikan Formation assemblage: A diverse organic-walled microbiota in the Mesoproterozoic Anabar succession, northern Siberia

(2015) Natalya G. Vorob’eva et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Assessing the utility of Fe/Al and Fe-speciation to record water column redox conditions in carbonate-rich sediments

(2014) M.O. Clarkson et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Shallow stratification prevailed for ∼1700 to ∼1300 Ma ocean: Evidence from organic carbon isotopes in the North China Craton

(2014) Genming Luo et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

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

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

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

Isotopic composition of organic and inorganic carbon from the Mesoproterozoic Jixian Group, North China: Implications for biological and oceanic evolution

(2012) Hua Guo et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Ferruginous Conditions: A Dominant Feature of the Ocean through Earth's History

(2011) S. W. Poulton et al.   Elements

Oxidative scavenging of cerium on hydrous Fe oxide: Evidence from the distribution of rare earth elements and yttrium between Fe oxides and Mn oxides in hydrogenetic ferromanganese crusts

(2011) MICHAEL BAU et al.   GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Widespread iron-rich conditions in the mid-Proterozoic ocean

(2011) Noah J. Planavsky et al.   NATURE

Cerium anomaly variations in Ediacaran–earliest Cambrian carbonates from the Yangtze Gorges area, South China: Implications for oxygenation of coeval shallow seawater

(2011) Hong-Fei Ling et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Spatial variability in oceanic redox structure 1.8 billion years ago

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

Reassessing the first appearance of eukaryotes and cyanobacteria

(2008) Birger Rasmussen et al.   NATURE