Redox architecture of an Ediacaran ocean margin Integrated chemostratigraphic (δ13C–δ34S–87Sr86Sr–CeCe) correlation of the Doushantuo Formation, South China》.pdf

Chemical Geology 405 (2015) 48–62 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Chemical Geology j ournal homepage: www.el sevier.c om/l ocate/ chemgeo Redox architecture of an Ediacaran ocean margin: Integrated chemostratigraphic (δ13C–δ34S–87Sr/86Sr–Ce/Ce*) correlation of the Doushantuo Formation, South China Huan Cui a,⁎, Alan J. Kaufman a,b, Shuhai Xiao c, Maoyan Zhu d, Chuanming Zhou d, Xiao-Ming Liu e a Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA b Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA c Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA d State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing 210008, China e Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. 20015, USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Early diagenetic silicification and phosphatization of the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation (ca. 635 to 551 Ma) in Received 4 September 2014 South China offer extraordinary taphonomic windows into the early evolution of multicellular eukaryotes, in- Received in revised form 9 April 2015 cluding various algal groups and potentially animals. In order to understand how the ecological and taphonomic Accepted 11 April 2015 distribution of these Ediacaran eukaryotes was controlled by oceanic redox conditions, it is critical to reconstruct Available online 19 Apri