It has recently been found that Neoproterozoic glaciogenic sediments were deposited mainly at low paleolatitudes, in marked qualitative contrast to their Pleistocene counterparts. Several competing models vie for explanation of this unusual paleoclimatic record, most notably the high-obliquity hypothesis and varying degrees of the snowball Earth scenario. The present study quantitatively compil...

Stromatolites, among the earliest fossils in Earth’s history, are widely distributed on margins of North China Precambrian carbonate platform. The formation processes stromatolites reveal biomineralization and evolution early life Precambrian. well-preserved stromatolitic dolostones recorded Ganjingzi Formation developed around Yuanjiagou village, southern Liaoning Province. morphology manifest...