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Fall 2018
Banded iron formations (BIF) are a key chemical sedimentary record for examining the evolution of the early oceans, atmosphere, and biosphere. While the classic model suggests that BIF were deposited by either anoxygenic photoferrotrophs or oxygen producing cyanobacteria, recent studies have...
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Interpretation of sponge fossil faunas: A neontological approach to a paleontological problem
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The tempo and mode of early animal evolution remains one of the biggest conundrums in biology. Stratigraphy shows that there is a gap, not attributable to poor preservation, of at least ~100 Myr between the oldest animal fossils and the divergence times implied by molecular phylogenies. Sponges,...
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Fall 2019
The Alberta basement is part of the North American craton, which has been stable since Proterozoic and is also known as Laurentia. Geophysical and geology studies in Alberta have revealed that the basement rocks of Alberta have been assembled by complex tectonic events, such as subduction,...
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Zinc in Precambrian iron formations: The record, partitioning, diagenetic effects and implications for eukaryotic metallome evolution
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Zinc is amongst the most important trace elements for eukaryotes. Previous work has suggested it to have been at biolimiting concentrations for much of the Precambrian, thereby limiting eukaryotic evolution. Yet, the iron formation (IF) record, a critical proxy for paleomarine conditions, has...
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Zinc in Precambrian iron formations: The record, partitioning, diagenetic effects and implications for eukaryotic metallome evolution - Supplemental FIles
Zinc in Precambrian iron formations: The record, partitioning, diagenetic effects and implications for eukaryotic metallome evolution - Supplemental FIles
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Contains files related to the thesis "Zinc in Precambrian iron formations: The record, partitioning, diagenetic effects and implications for eukaryotic metallome evolution," Leslie J. Robbins, Fall 2013.