Project Details
Projekt
The Precambrian-Cambrian Biosphere (R)evolution: Insights from Chinese Microcontinents
Applicant
Professor Dr. Christoph Heubeck
Subject Area
Palaeontology
Term
from 2007 to 2013
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 21910049
The Precambrian-Cambrian boundary (PCB), the events leading up to it and the subsequent bioradiation(s) continue to be an enigma in Earth History and demonstrate that we are still unable to convincingly explain the mechanisms and large-scale interactions between the bio-, hydro-, atmo- and geosphere on our planet even at a fundamental level. Although considerable advances have been made in documenting changes and hypotheses abound, many studies tend to focus on narrow aspects or apply a limited set of techniques and tools and are therefore vulnerable to alternative explanations. Our studies over the past three years, in contrast, have the ambition and structure to be regionally and disciplinarily firmly integrated. In continuing our Forschergruppe, we suggest to consolidate our knowledge and understanding of Ediacaran and Cambrian processes and environments based on the classical Yangtze Craton sections, to selectively modify research methods and to expand into other regions in order to generalize our knowledge.
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