A highly redox-heterogeneous ocean in South China during the early Cambrian (∼529–514 Ma): Implications for biota-environment co-evolution
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a State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China b State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China c Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, USA d Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA e College of Resource and Environment, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550003, China f Early Life Institute and State Key Laboratory for Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
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