Extensive marine anoxia during the terminal Ediacaran Period

Feifei Zhang; Shuhai Xiao; Brian Kendall; Stephen J. Romaniello; Huan Cui; Mike Meyer; Geoffrey J. Gilleaudeau; Alan J. Kaufman; Ariel D. Anbar

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aan8983

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Extensive marine anoxia during the terminal Ediacaran Period

View ORCID ProfileFeifei Zhang¹,*,
View ORCID ProfileShuhai Xiao ²,
Brian Kendall ³,
View ORCID ProfileStephen J. Romaniello¹,
View ORCID ProfileHuan Cui⁴,
Mike Meyer⁵,
View ORCID ProfileGeoffrey J. Gilleaudeau¹,
View ORCID ProfileAlan J. Kaufman⁶ and
View ORCID ProfileAriel D. Anbar ¹,⁷

¹School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
²Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
³Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada.
⁴Department of Geoscience and NASA Astrobiology Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
⁵Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC 20005, USA.
⁶Geology Department and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
⁷School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: fzhang48{at}asu.edu

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Science Advances 20 Jun 2018:
Vol. 4, no. 6, eaan8983
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aan8983

Feifei Zhang

1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.

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Shuhai Xiao

2Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.

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Brian Kendall

3Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada.

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Stephen J. Romaniello

1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.

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Huan Cui

4Department of Geoscience and NASA Astrobiology Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.

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Mike Meyer

5Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC 20005, USA.

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Geoffrey J. Gilleaudeau

1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.

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Alan J. Kaufman

6Geology Department and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.

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Ariel D. Anbar

1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.

7School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.

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