Nitrogen and organic carbon isotope stratigraphy of the Yangtze Platform during the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition in South China

Cremonese, Lorenzo; Shields-Zhou, Graham A.; Struck, Ulrich; Ling, Hong-Fei; Och, Lawrence M.

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.12.016

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Nitrogen and organic carbon isotope stratigraphy of the Yangtze Platform during the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition in South China

Cremonese, Lorenzo, Shields-Zhou, Graham A., Struck, Ulrich, Ling, Hong-Fei, Och, Lawrence M.·2014·Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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Negative δ15N values are concentrated in black shale in interval 3 above the Ni-Mo sulfide layer.
“Further, negative δ15N values are concentrated in black shale in the interval 3 above the Ni-Mo sulfide layer20, 21.”
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The existence of photic-zone anoxia is suggested by largely negative sedimentary N isotope values described from Ediacaran-Cambrian deposits of the Yangtze platform.
“yet the existence of photic-zone anoxia is suggested by largely negative sedimentary N isotope values described from Ediacaran-Cambrian deposits of the Yangtze platform20, 21.”
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During this time, the water column of the shallow shelf remained oxygenated, accumulating widespread carbonate sediment.
“During this time, though, the water column of the shallow shelf remained oxygenated, accumulating widespread carbonate sediment as exemplified by the Xiaotan section in the eastern Yunnan province and studied sections in the Three Gorge Area (Fig. 1)20, 37.”
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Authors: Cremonese, L., Shields-Zhou, G. A., Struck, U., Ling, H.-F., & Och, L. M.
Affiliations: University College London (GB)
Museum für Naturkunde (DE)
Nanjing University (CN)
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (CH)
Corresponding author: Cremonese, Lorenzo
ORCID: Struck, Ulrich
Ling, Hong-Fei
Och, Lawrence M.
Venue: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2014-03
Volume: 398
Pages: 165-186
ISSN: 0031-0182 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.12.016
OpenAlex: W2084897273
Cited by: 86
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 9 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 1
FWCI: 3.17
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology (publishedVersion)
DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Keywords: nitrogen isotopes, organic carbon isotopes, Ediacaran-Cambrian transition, Yangtze Platform, biogeochemical cycles, nitrogen fixation, diazotrophic cyanobacteria, stratigraphic correlation, bioturbation, Lower Cambrian

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