Sulfur cycle imbalance and environmental change during the Ediacaran Period
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https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.43605.569Keywords:
Carbon isotopes, Sulfur isotopes, Biogeochemical balance, EdiacaranAbstract
A different approach is proposed here to solve the problem of negative δ13C excursions during the Ediacaran, by viewing them in terms of a linked carbon-sulfur-oxygen system, whereby changes in oxidant dynamics caused an excess of organic carbon oxidation over burial, resulting in a smaller DOM reservoir. The amount of oxidant required to achieve a deep negative carbon isotope excursion through net organic carbon oxidation may reasonably result from basin-scale evaporite dissolution.
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