Ganqing Jiang

TL;DR: High-resolution geochemical data from the fossil-rich Doushantuo Formation in South China are reported that confirm trends from other broadly equivalent sections and highlight key features that have not been observed in most sections or have received little attention.

TL;DR: The Doushantuo Formation (ca. 635-551 ǫ Ma) is one of the most intensively investigated Ediacaran units in the world.

TL;DR: The data provide evidence for an early Ediacaran oxygenation event, which pre-dates the previous estimates for post-Marinoan oxygenation by more than 50 million years, and seem to support a link between the most severe glaciations in Earth’s history, the oxygenation of the Earth's surface environments, and the earliest diversification of animals.

TL;DR: Carbon isotopic and petrographic data from a Neoproterozoic postglacial cap carbonate in south China are reported that provide direct evidence for methane-influenced processes during deglaciation, lending strong support to the hypothesis that methane hydrate destabilization contributed to the enigmatic cap carbonates deposition and strongly negative carbon isotopic anomalies following Neopropriaterozoic ice ages.

TL;DR: In this article, new isotope data obtained from relatively conformable, carbonate-rich strata of the Ediacaran Yangtze platform in South China reveal substantial δ 13 C variability.