• Constraining the conditions of phosphogenesis: Stable isotope and trace element systematics of Recent Namibian phosphatic sediments 

      Lumiste, Kaarel; Mänd, Kaarel; Bailey, Jake; Stüeken, Eva E.; Paiste, Kärt; Lang, Liisa; Sepp, Holar; Lepland, Aivo; Kirsimäe, Kalle (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-31)
      Modern phosphogenesis occurs on continental margins influenced by upwelling and high primary productivity. The formation of phosphatic sediments is coupled to global climate fluctuations, biological cycling of phosphorus and local redox conditions. Although the processes involved in phosphogenesis are well described, high-resolution data on the redox and stable isotope systematics in Recent in-situ ...
    • Iron Isotopes Reveal a Benthic Iron Shuttle in the Palaeoproterozoic Zaonega Formation: Basinal Restriction, Euxinia, and the Effect on Global Palaeoredox Proxies 

      Mänd, Kaarel; Lalonde, Stefan V.; Paiste, Kärt; Thoby, Marie; Lumiste, Kaarel; Robbins, Leslie J.; Kreitsmann, Timmu; Romashkin, Alexander E.; Kirsimäe, Kalle; Lepland, Aivo; Konhauser, Kurt O. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-31)
      The Zaonega Formation in northwest Russia (~2.0 billion years old) is amongst the most complete successions that record the middle of the Palaeoproterozoic era. As such, geochemical data from the formation have played a central role in framing the debate over redox dynamics in the aftermath of the Great Oxidation Event (GOE). However, uncertainty over local redox conditions and the degree of ...