Fields · Physical Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Paleontology

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of trace metals, isotopes, and biogeochemical indicators to reconstruct paleoredox conditions and paleoproductivity in ancient oceans. It explores topics such as oceanic anoxic events, atmospheric oxygenation, biogeochemical cycling, and their implications for Phanerozoic climate and mass extinctions.

170,251 works

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Most cited

  1. The Petrology of the Sedimentary Rocks

    Robert L. Folk · 1938 · Nature · 5,332 citations

  2. The rise of oxygen in Earth’s early ocean and atmosphere

    Timothy W. Lyons, Christopher T. Reinhard, Noah J. Planavsky · 2014 · Nature · 2,786 citations

  3. A Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth

    Paul F. Hoffman, Alan J. Kaufman, Galen P. Halverson, Daniel P. Schrag · 1998 · Science · 2,695 citations

  4. 87Sr/86Sr, δ13C and δ18O evolution of Phanerozoic seawater

    Ján Veizer, Davin Ala, Karem Azmy, Peter Bruckschen · 1999 · Chemical Geology · 2,669 citations

  5. The geochemistry of the stable carbon isotopes

    Harmon Craig · 1953 · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1,968 citations

  6. ARC ASSEMBLY AND CONTINENTAL COLLISION IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC EAST AFRICAN OROGEN: Implications for the Consolidation of Gondwanaland

    Robert J. Stern · 1994 · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 1,882 citations

Most recent

  1. Tectonic transition in northern Tibetan Plateau during the Neogene

    Hao Xie, Caicai Liu, Zhuqi Zhang, weitao wang · 2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 0 citations

  2. Philophrosyne beckeri gen. et sp. nov., a microfossil with possible affinities to oomycetes from the Lower Devonian Rhynie cherts

    Michael Krings, Benjamin Bomfleur, Hans Kerp · 2026 · Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments · 0 citations

  3. Paleogeographic controls on Phanerozoic weathering rates and implications for climate regulation

    R. J. Graham, B. B. Cael, Minmin Fu, D. S. Abbot · 2026 · Nature Communications · 0 citations

  4. Interpreting Biotic Interactions in the Fossil Record: Evidence and Evolutionary Significance

    Elizabeth M. Dowding, Aleksandra Skawina, Kenneth De Baets, Thomas Clements · 2026 · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 0 citations

  5. Miocene deposits of the folded Zagros (Asmari Formation, Lorestan Region)

    Mohsen Ashna, Kobra Mirbeik Sabzevari, Mohamadsadegh Dehghanian, SeyedVahid Shahrokhi · 2026 · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · 0 citations

  6. Lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of Permian strata in the south of the Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone, western Kerman Province, based on foraminifera

    Hassani MK · 2026 · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · 0 citations

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