Sulfur cycle imbalance and environmental change during the Ediacaric Period

A different approach is proposed here to solve the problem of negative chemostratigraphic excursions during the Ediacárico, considering them in terms of a linked system of carbon-sulfide-oxygen, in which changes in the dynamics of oxidants would cause an excess of oxidation of organic carbon over the burial, which would result in a smaller deposit of DOM. The amount of oxidant required to achieve a negative carbon isotopic excursion through the oxidation of net organic carbon can reasonably result from the evaporitaa solution at the basin scale.