The Neoproterozoic Earth System and the rise of biological complexity

• Grant number: 16/06114-6
• Support type: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Duration: August 01, 2016 - July 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Ivan Ferreira da Trindade
• Grantee: Ricardo Ivan Ferreira da Trindade
• Home Institution: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Co-Principal Investigators: Marly Babinski
• Assoc. researchers: Alan Stephen Collins ; André Carrara Morandini ; Anthony Robert Prave ; Antonio Carlos Pedrosa Soares ; Daniel James Condon ; Douglas Galante ; Elder Yokoyama ; Evelyn Aparecida Mecenero Sanchez Bizan ; Fabio Rodrigues ; Federico David Brown Almeida ; Humberto Luis Siqueira Reis ; Jacinta Enzweiler ; Juliana de Moraes Leme Basso ; Magali Ader ; Manoel Souza D'Agrella Filho ; Márcio Reis Custódio ; Matheus Henrique Kuchenbecker Do Amaral ; Mírian Liza Alves Forancelli Pacheco ; Nicolas Tribovillard ; Paulo César Boggiani ; Pierre Cartigny ; Pierre Sansjofre ; Rachel Alison Waye Wood ; Robert Frei ; Roberto Ventura Santos ; Simone Antonia Kasemann ; Stefan Victor Lalonde ; Tercio Ambrizzi ; Victor Sacek ; Vinícius Tieppo Meira
• Associated grant(s): 16/50499-0 - West Gondwana assembly: paleogeographic and tectonic evolution and environmental implications, AP.R; 18/03001-1 - Paleontological, sedimentological and stratigraphic study of the Ediacaran fossils of the Corumbá group, AV.EXT; 18/09790-8 - Paleomagnetism and paleointensity in the Precambrian of Rio de La Plata Craton, South America, AV.EXT; 18/08149-7 - Determination of the electrical resistivity structure of the crust and lithospheric mantle between the Goiás massIf and the Amazonian Craton, AV.BR; 17/04105-2 - International Symposium on the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition 2017, AR.EXT
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/05509-5 - Paleomagentic and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) study of the 1752 ma acid rocks from the Novo Horizonte Formation (Bahia), BP.IC; 19/06526-0 - Metamorphic and structural analysis on Archean and Paleoproterozoic rocks from eastern Quadrilátero Ferrífero (mg), BP.IC; 18/20268-1 - Physiology of Ediacaran-Cambrian modern analogues, BP.PD; + associated scholarships 18/17854-6 - Faciology of the Polimitic Breccia of the Tamengo Formation (Corumbá Group - Ediacaran), BP.IC; 18/19926-4 - Taphonomy and preservation of Ediacaran fossils, BP.TT; 17/24144-2 - Study of carbonate brioprecipitation on simulated planetary surfaces as a potential biosignature, BP.MS; 17/18840-6 - Testing the Amazônia-West Africa connection and true polar wander in the Neoproterozoic, BP.PD; 17/21584-1 - Geobiological and palaeoenvironmental aspects of Corumbella werneri Hahn et al. (1982) and related biota (Ediacaran, Corumbá group), BP.DR; 17/25433-8 - Trace fossils from Tamengo and Guaicurus formations (Ediacaran-Cambrian), Corumbá Group: paleoenvironmental and paleoecological implications, BP.DR; 17/23230-2 - Kinematics and metamorphism of the Xambioá formation: northern Araguaia belt, BP.IC; 17/22099-0 - Mechanisms of biomineralization and paleobiology of neoproterozoic eukaryotic microfossils from South Paraguay Belt, BP.PD; 17/11590-4 - Magnetic stratigraphy of Araras Group: paleoenvironmental and paleogeographic implications, BP.IC; 17/10467-4 - Geodynamic numerical modelling of the South Atlantic rift system: implications for the Neoproterozoic evolution of the Araçuaí Orogen and the São Francisco - Congo cratons, BP.PD; 17/11672-0 - Ediacaran-Cambrian paleogeography study of post-collisional intrusions from Araçuaí belt (es), BP.DR; 17/00325-8 - P-T-t PATHS, AND EXHUMATION AND COOLING RATES OF HOT OROGENS - THE CASE STUDY OF NOVA VENÉCIA COMPLEX, ARAÇUAÍ OROGEN, BP.MS; 16/25987-0 - Application of petrochronology in the reconstruction of P-T-t (pressure-temperature-time) paths of the northern Borborema Province during the Neoproterozoic, BP.PD; 17/00399-1 - Chemical weathering and nutrient input into late Ediacaran ocean and their relationship to life diversification, BP.PD; 17/07226-5 - Inventory of the geological heritage of Geopark Bodoquena - Pantanal, BP.IC; 17/02453-3 - Evolutionary investigation of dolomite biomineralization by EPS secreting bacteria in simulated environments, BP.IC - associated scholarships

Abstract

The late Neoproterozoic witnessed remarkable changes in almost all envelopes of the planet. The biosphere experienced one of its most fundamental evolutionary steps with the rise of complex life forms, which was accompanied by fundamental changes in oceanic deep-water redox conditions, fluctuations between extreme climate modes, and major changes in the configuration of continents. In this context, links between biological innovation and environmental changes are usually implied, but we know little about the relative roles of environmental and biological factors, their effects, and feedbacks involved in the late Neoproterozoic events leading to the ultimate oxygenation of the ocean-atmosphere system and dawn of animal life. We intend to fill these gaps by integrating five sub-projects: (1) a high-resolution sedimentological and geochronological work on four key areas in Brazil and Africa, (2) detailed investigation of the paleontological record on these four successions, and examination of the physiology, ecology and developmental behavior of early metazoans to verify connections between changes in ocean redox and composition with life evolution, (3) a multiple-proxy study of the four sedimentary successions, (4) reconstruction of the still poorly resolved late Neoproterozoic paleogeography, including the magnitude of mountain chains, that represents a key element in climatic and paleoceanographic reconstructions, (5) numerical modelling of the climate-ocean system and biogeochemical cycles in a well-constrained paleogeographic context. The overall objective of the proposal is to understand the controlling role of environmental forcings, in particular the rise of atmospheric oxygen and nutrient availability, on the origin of the metazoan ecosystem and related feedbacks between life, environment and tectonics at the advent of the modern Earth. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

CALLEFO, F.; RICARDI-BRANCO, F.; HARTMANN, G. A.; GALANTE, D.; RODRIGUES, F.; MALDANIS, L.; YOKOYAMA, E.; TEIXEIRA, V. C.; NOFFKE, N.; BOWER, D. M.; BULLOCK, E. S.; BRAGA, A. H.; COAQUIRA, J. A. H.; FERNANDES, M. A. Evaluating iron as a biomarker of rhythmites - An example from the last Paleozoic ice age of Gondwana. SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY, v. 383, p. 1-15, APR 1 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

DO NASCIMENTO-DIAS, BRUNO LEONARDO; GALANTE, DOUGLAS; OLIVEIRA, DAVI; ANJOS, MARCELINO. Probing the chemical and mineralogical characteristics of the Martian meteorite NWA 7397 through mu Raman and mu XRF non-destructively. International Journal of Astrobiology, v. 18, n. 1, p. 73-78, FEB 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

HODEL, F.; TRINDADE, R. I. F.; MACOUIN, M.; MEIRA, V. T.; DANTAS, E. L.; PAIXAO, M. A. P.; ROSPABE, M.; CASTRO, M. P.; QUEIROGA, G. N.; ALKMIM, A. R.; LANA, C. C. A Neoproterozoic hyper-extended margin associated with Rodinia's demise and Gondwana's build-up: The Araguaia Belt, central Brazil. GONDWANA RESEARCH, v. 66, p. 43-62, FEB 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

BABINSKI, MANLY; MCGEE, BEN; TOKASHIKI, CLAUDIA DO COUTO; TASSINARI, COLOMBO C. G.; SAES, GERSON SOUZA; CAVALCANTE PINHO, FRANCISCO EGIDIO. Comparing two arms of an orogenic belt during Gondwana amalgamation: Age and provenance of the Cuiaba Group, northern Paraguay Belt, Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 85, p. 6-42, AUG 2018. Web of Science Citations: 0.

USTRA, ANDREA; MENDONCA, CARLOS A.; LEITE, ARUA; JOVANE, LUIGI; TRINDADE, RICARDO I. F. Quantitative interpretation of the magnetic susceptibility frequency dependence. Geophysical Journal International, v. 213, n. 2, p. 805-814, MAY 2018. Web of Science Citations: 0.

HODEL, F.; MACOUIN, M.; TRINDADE, R. I. F.; TRIANTAFYLLOU, A.; GANNE, J.; CHAVAGNAC, V.; BERGER, J.; ROSPABE, M.; DESTRIGNEVILLE, C.; CARLUT, J.; ENNIH, N.; AGRINIER, P. Fossil black smoker yields oxygen isotopic composition of Neoproterozoic seawater. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, v. 9, APR 13 2018. Web of Science Citations: 2.

MCGEE, BEN; BABINSKI, MANLY; TRINDADE, RICARDO; COLLINS, ALAN S. Tracing final Gondwana assembly: Age and provenance of key stratigraphic units in the southern Paraguay Belt, Brazil. Precambrian Research, v. 307, p. 1-33, APR 2018. Web of Science Citations: 1.

DE PAULA-SANTOS, GUSTAVO MACEDO; CAETANO-FILHO, SERGIO; BABINSKI, MANY; ENZWEILER, JACINTA. Rare earth elements of carbonate rocks from the Bambui Group, southern Sao Francisco Basin, Brazil, and their significance as paleoenvironmental proxies. Precambrian Research, v. 305, p. 327-340, FEB 2018. Web of Science Citations: 7.

ALTAIR, THIAGO; DE AVELLAR, MARCIO G. B.; RODRIGUES, FABIO; GALANTE, DOUGLAS. Microbial habitability of Europa sustained by radioactive sources. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 8, JAN 10 2018. Web of Science Citations: 1.

DE PAULA-SANTOS, GUSTAVO MACEDO; BABINSKI, MARLY. Sedimentary provenance in the southern sector of the Sao Francisco Basin, SE Brazil. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY, v. 48, n. 1, p. 51-74, JAN-MAR 2018. Web of Science Citations: 1.

DI CHIARA, A.; MUXWORTHY, A. R.; TRINDADE, R. I. F.; BISPO-SANTOS, F. Paleoproterozoic Geomagnetic Field Strength From the Avanavero Mafic Sills, Amazonian Craton, Brazil. GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, v. 18, n. 11, p. 3891-3903, NOV 2017. Web of Science Citations: 0.

BECKER-KERBER, BRUNO; ALVES FORANCELLI PACHECO, MIRIAN LIZA; RUDNITZKI, ISAAC DANIEL; GALANTE, DOUGLAS; RODRIGUES, FABIO; LEME, JULIANA DE MORAES. Ecological interactions in Cloudina from the Ediacaran of Brazil: implications for the rise of animal biomineralization. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 7, JUL 14 2017. Web of Science Citations: 5.

PAULA-SANTOS, GUSTAVO M.; CAETANO-FILHO, SERGIO; BABINSKI, MARLY; TRINDADE, RICARDO I. F.; GUACANEME, CRISTIAN. Tracking connection and restriction of West Gondwana Sao Francisco Basin through isotope chemostratigraphy. GONDWANA RESEARCH, v. 42, p. 280-305, FEB 2017. Web of Science Citations: 10.