Authigenic clay mineral evidence for restricted, evaporitic conditions during the emergence of the Ediacaran Doushantuo Biota
oleh: Shujun Han, Stefan C. LÓ§hr, April N. Abbott, Andre Baldermann, Martin Voigt, Bingsong Yu
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01 |
Deskripsi
The Ediacaran-age Doushantuo Formation, which hosts some of the oldest animal fossils, was likely deposited in a restricted, mildly evaporitic lagoon environment, according to petrographic analyses of saponite clays that suggest an authigenic origin.