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

Molybdenum speciation and burial pathway in weakly sulfidic environments: Insights from XAFS

(2017) Meghan Wagner 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

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

Uranium isotope compositions of mid-Proterozoic black shales: Evidence for an episode of increased ocean oxygenation at 1.36 Ga and evaluation of the effect of post-depositional hydrothermal fluid flow

(2017) Shuai Yang 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

Basin redox and primary productivity within the Mesoproterozoic Roper Seaway

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

A shale-hosted Cr isotope record of low atmospheric oxygen during the Proterozoic

(2016) Devon B. Cole et al.   GEOLOGY

High-Precision Measurement of Molybdenum Isotopic Compositions of Selected Geochemical Reference Materials

(2016) Jin Li et al.   GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH

Earth’s oxygen cycle and the evolution of animal life

(2016) Christopher T. Reinhard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

Marine redox conditions in the middle Proterozoic ocean and isotopic constraints on authigenic carbonate formation: Insights from the Chuanlinggou Formation, Yanshan Basin, North China

(2015) Chao Li et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Sulfur isotope fractionation in modern euxinic systems: Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions of paired sulfate–sulfide isotope records

(2015) Maya L. Gomes et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Uranium and molybdenum isotope evidence for an episode of widespread ocean oxygenation during the late Ediacaran Period

(2015) Brian Kendall et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

The Proterozoic Record of Eukaryotes

(2015) Phoebe A. Cohen et al.   PALEOBIOLOGY

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

Decline in oceanic sulfate levels during the early Mesoproterozoic

(2015) Genming Luo et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

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

Intracellular metabolite levels shape sulfur isotope fractionation during microbial sulfate respiration

(2014) Boswell A. Wing et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sulfate was a trace constituent of Archean seawater

(2014) S. A. Crowe et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

Paleobiological Perspectives on Early Eukaryotic Evolution

(2014) A. H. Knoll   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Coupled molybdenum, iron and uranium stable isotopes as oceanic paleoredox proxies during the Paleoproterozoic Shunga Event

(2013) Dan Asael et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Large-scale fluctuations in Precambrian atmospheric and oceanic oxygen levels from the record of U in shales

(2013) C.A. Partin et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The molybdenum isotopic composition of the modern ocean

(2013) YUSUKE NAKAGAWA et al.   GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Does pyrite act as an important host for molybdenum in modern and ancient euxinic sediments?

(2013) Anthony Chappaz et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Anoxia in the terrestrial environment during the late Mesoproterozoic

(2013) Vivien M. Cumming et al.   GEOLOGY

Proterozoic ocean redox and biogeochemical stasis

(2013) C. T. Reinhard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Geological characteristics and tectonic significance of unconformities in Mesoproterozoic successions in the northern margin of the North China Block

(2013) Yongqiang Qu et al.   Geoscience Frontiers

Contrasting molybdenum cycling and isotopic properties in euxinic versus non-euxinic sediments and sedimentary rocks: Refining the paleoproxies

(2012) Clint Scott et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Late Ediacaran redox stability and metazoan evolution

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

Extreme change in sulfide concentrations in the Black Sea during the Little Ice Age reconstructed using molybdenum isotopes

(2012) G.L. Arnold et al.   GEOLOGY

Molybdenum isotope fractionation in pelagic euxinia: Evidence from the modern Black and Baltic Seas

(2011) T.F. Nägler et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

New model for molybdenum behavior in euxinic waters

(2011) George R. Helz et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Molybdenum evidence for expansive sulfidic water masses in ~750Ma oceans

(2011) Tais W. Dahl et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The Neoproterozoic oxygenation event: Environmental perturbations and biogeochemical cycling

(2011) Lawrence M. Och et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

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

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

Re-assessing the surface cycling of molybdenum and rhenium

(2011) Christian A. Miller et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Stratigraphic and sedimentary records of the rift to drift evolution of the northern North China craton at the Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic transition

(2011) Qing-Ren Meng et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Widespread iron-rich conditions in the mid-Proterozoic ocean

(2011) Noah J. Planavsky et al.   NATURE

Microaerobic steroid biosynthesis and the molecular fossil record of Archean life

(2011) J. R. Waldbauer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Large Sulfur Isotope Fractionation Does Not Require Disproportionation

(2011) M. S. Sim et al.   SCIENCE

SHRIMP U-Pb dating for a K-bentonite bed in the Tieling Formation, North China

(2010) WenBo Su et al.   CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN

Molybdenum isotope evidence for mild environmental oxygenation before the Great Oxidation Event

(2010) Yun Duan et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Formation of syngenetic and early diagenetic iron minerals in the late Archean Mt. McRae Shale, Hamersley Basin, Australia: New insights on the patterns, controls and paleoenvironmental implications of authigenic mineral formation

(2010) Rob Raiswell et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Early oxygenation of the terrestrial environment during the Mesoproterozoic

(2010) John Parnell et al.   NATURE

Aerobic growth at nanomolar oxygen concentrations

(2010) D. A. Stolper 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

The 1.35Ga diabase sills from the northern North China Craton: Implications for breakup of the Columbia (Nuna) supercontinent

(2009) Shuan-Hong Zhang et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Oxygen, animals and oceanic ventilation: an alternative view

(2009) N. J. BUTTERFIELD   Geobiology

Molybdenum behavior during early diagenesis: Insights from Mo isotopes

(2009) Rebecca L. Poulson Brucker et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

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

Evidence for eukaryotic diversification in the ∼1800 million-year-old Changzhougou Formation, North China

(2009) D.M. Lamb et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Modern iron isotope perspective on the benthic iron shuttle and the redox evolution of ancient oceans

(2008) Silke Severmann et al.   GEOLOGY

Sulfidity controls molybdenum isotope fractionation into euxinic sediments: Evidence from the modern Black Sea

(2008) Nadja Neubert et al.   GEOLOGY

SHRIMP U–Pb ages of K-bentonite beds in the Xiamaling Formation: Implications for revised subdivision of the Meso- to Neoproterozoic history of the North China Craton

(2008) Wenbo Su et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Geochemistry of iron in the Salton Sea, California

(2008) Jason P. de Koff et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Tracing the stepwise oxygenation of the Proterozoic ocean

(2008) C. Scott et al.   NATURE

The rise of atmospheric oxygen

(2008) Lee R. Kump   NATURE

The isotopic signature of the global riverine molybdenum flux and anoxia in the ancient oceans

(2008) C. Archer et al.   Nature Geoscience

Weathering and paleosol formation in the 1.1Ga Keweenawan Rift

(2008) R MITCHELL et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Precambrian metamorphic basement and sedimentary cover of the North China Craton: A review

(2007) Songnian Lu et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH