Goldilocks at the dawn of complex life: mountains might have damaged Ediacaran–Cambrian ecosystems and prompted an early Cambrian greenhouse world

Abstract We combine U–Pb in-situ carbonate dating, elemental and isotope constraints to calibrate the synergy of integrated mountain-basin evolution in western Gondwana. We show that deposition of the Bambuí Group coincides with closure of the Goiás-Pharusian (630–600 Ma) and Adamastor (585–530 Ma)...

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Main Authors: Fabricio Caxito, Cristiano Lana, Robert Frei, Gabriel J. Uhlein, Alcides N. Sial, Elton L. Dantas, André G. Pinto, Filippe C. Campos, Paulo Galvão, Lucas V. Warren, Juliana Okubo, Carlos E. Ganade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99526-z