The onset of widespread marine red beds and the evolution of ferruginous oceans
oleh: Haijun Song, Ganqing Jiang, Simon W. Poulton, Paul B. Wignall, Jinnan Tong, Huyue Song, Zhihui An, Daoliang Chu, Li Tian, Zhenbing She, Chengshan Wang
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2017-08-01 |
Deskripsi
The evolution of oceanic redox state in the past is poorly known. Here, the authors present a temporal record of banded iron formations and marine red beds, which indicate deep-ocean oxygenation occurred in the middle Ediacaran, coinciding with the onset of widespread marine red beds.