Publications

*mentored or supervised student; **mentored or supervised postdoctoral fellow/associate; §L.G. Tarhan corresponding or co-corresponding author

66. **Fakhraee, M., Crockford, P.W., Pasquier, V., Sugiyama, I., Raven, M.R., Gomes, M., Katsev, S., Bauer, K.W., Crowe, S.A., Tarhan, L.G., Lyons, T.W. and Planavsky, N.J., In press, The history of Earth’s sulfur cycle: Nature Reviews Earth and Environment.

65. *Rivas, A., Myrow, P.M., Smith, E.F., Nelson, L.L., Briggs, D.E.G. and Tarhan, L.G., In press, Morphology and preservation of Gaojiashania cyclus, an enigmatic tubular fossil from the upper Ediacaran Dunfee Member, Deep Spring Formation, Nevada, USA: Palaios, http://dx.doi.org/10.2110/palo.2024.007.

64. Ye, S., **Wang, J., Liu, Q. and Tarhan, L.G., 2024, International collaboration in geoscience lags behind other subjects: Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01566-3.

63. *Slagter, S., Konhauser, K., Briggs, D.E.G. and Tarhan, L.G., 2024, Controls on authigenic mineralization in experimental Ediacara-style preservation: Geobiology, v. 22, article e12615, doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12615.

62. *Rauzi, S., Foster, W.J., Takahashi, S., Hori, R.S., *Beaty, B.J., Tarhan, L.G. and Isson, T., 2024, Lithium isotopic evidence for enhanced reverse weathering during the Early Triassic warm period: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 121, article e2318860121, doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2318860121.

61. **Westacott, S., §Zhao, M.Y. and §Tarhan, L.G., 2024, Extent and biogeochemical impact of Skolithos piperock in the lower Cambrian Zabriskie Quartzite (California, USA): Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 651, article 112381, doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112381 (invited research article).

60. §Zhang, S., Solan, M. and §Tarhan, L.G., 2024, Global distribution and environmental correlates of marine bioturbation: Current Biology, doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.065.

59. Wei, G.-Y., Zhao, M., Sperling, E.A., Gaines, R.R., Kalderon-Asael, B., Shen, J., Li, C., Zhang, F., Li, G., Zhou, C., Cai, C., Chen, D., Xiao, K.-Q., Jiang, L., Ling, H.-F., Planavsky, N.J. and Tarhan, L.G., 2024, Lithium isotopic constraints on the evolution of terrestrial clay mineral factory and oceanic oxygenation in the earliest Paleozoic Era: Science Advances, v. 10, article eadk2152, doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adk2152.

58. *Slagter, S., Tarhan, L.G., Blum, T.B., Droser, M.L. and Valley, J.W., 2024, Silica cementation history of the Ediacara Member (Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia): Insights from petrographic and in situ oxygen isotopic microanalyses: Precambrian Research, v. 402, article 107288, doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2024.107288.

57. **Zhao, M.Y., Beaty, B., Tarhan, L.G. and Planavsky, N.J., 2023, Resetting of shallow-water carbonate B isotope values during marine burial diagenesis: American Journal of Science, v. 323, doi.org/10.2475/001c.91398.

56. **§Zhao, M., §Tarhan, L.G., Planavsky, N.J. and Isson, T., 2023, The influence of warming on phosphorus burial in continental margin sediments: American Journal of Science, v. 323, doi.org/10.2475/001c.85110.

55. **Fakhraee, M., Tarhan, L.G., Reinhard, C.T. and Planavsky, N.J., 2023, Constraining the elemental stoichiometry of early marine life: Geology, v. 51, p. 1043 –1047, doi.org/10.1130/G51416.1.

54. §Tarhan, L.G., *Nolan, R.Z., *Westacott, S., *Shaw, J.O. and Pruss, S.B., 2023, Environmental and temporal patterns in bioturbation in the Cambrian–Ordovician of western Newfoundland: Geobiology, v.  21, p. 571–591, doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12560.

53. §Fakhraee, M., §Tarhan, L.G., Reinhard, C.T., Crowe, S.A. and Planavsky, N.J., 2023, Earth’s surface oxygenation and the rise of eukaryotes: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 240, article 104398, doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104398.

52. Myrow, P., Hasson, M., Taylor, J., Chen, J., Tarhan, L.G., Fike, D., Ramirez, G., Fowlkes, G., Popov, L. and Lui, H., 2023, Revised Paleozoic stratigraphy of the Dinosaur National Monument area: Implications for structural and lithologic control of early Paleozoic hypsometry of western Laurentia and patterns of Cambrian transgression: Sedimentary Geology, article 106373, doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2023.106373.

51. Myrow, P., Hasson, M., Taylor, J., Tarhan, L.G., Fike, D., Ramirez, G., Fowlkes, G., and Chen, J., 2023, Structural control of Cambrian paleotopography and patterns of transgression in western Laurentia: Geology, v. 51, p. 521–526, doi.org/10.1130/G51055.1.

50. **Wang, J., §Tarhan, L.G., Jacobson, A.D., Oehlert, A.M. and Planavsky, N.J., 2023, The evolution of the marine carbonate factory: Nature, v. 615, p. 265–269, doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05654-5.

49. **Wang, J., Di, Y., Asael, D., Planavsky, N.J. and Tarhan, L.G., 2023, An investigation of factors affecting high-precision Sr isotope analyses (87Sr/86Sr and δ88/86Sr) by MC-ICP-MS: Chemical Geology, v. 621, article 121365.

48. §Tarhan, L.G., 2022, A multidisciplinary approach to reconstructing the history of early animal life on Earth: Geology, v. 50, p. 1-2, doi.org/10.1130/GEOL50THSEP.1 (invited perspective piece).

47. §Wei, G.-Y., Hood, A.v.S. Li, D., Ling, H.-F., Planavsky, N.J. and §Tarhan, L.G., 2022, Calcium isotope constraints on the transition from aragonite seas to calcite seas in the Cambrian: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, v. 36, article e2021GB007235.

46. **Zhao, M.Y., Tarhan, L.G., Shull, D., Asael, D., Wang, X. and Planavsky, N.J., 2022, Covariation between molybdenum and uranium isotopes in reducing marine sediments: Chemical Geology, v. 603, article 120921.

45. *Slagter, S., Hao, W., Planavsky, N.J. and Konhauser, K. and Tarhan, L.G., 2022, Biofilms as agents of Ediacara-style fossilization: Scientific Reports, v. 12, article 8631.

44. Droser, M.L., Evans, S.D., Tarhan, L.G., Surprenant, R.K., Hughes, I.V., Hughes, E. and Gehling, J.G., 2022, What happens between depositional events, stays between depositional events: The significance of organic mat surfaces in the capture of Ediacara communities and the sedimentary rocks that preserve them: Frontiers in Earth Science, v. 10, article 826353.

43. §Tarhan, L.G., Droser, M.L., and Gehling, J.G., 2022, Picking out the warp and weft of the Ediacaran seafloor: Paleoenvironment and paleoecology of an Ediacara textured organic surface: Precambrian Research, v. 369, article 106539, doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106539.

42. Fakhraee, M., Tarhan, L.G., Planavsky, N.J. and Reinhard, C.T., 2021, A largely invariant marine dissolved organic carbon reservoir across Earth’s history: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 118, article e2103511118.

41. §Tarhan, L.G., **Zhao, M.Y. and Planavsky, N.J., 2021, Bioturbation feedbacks on the phosphorus cycle: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 566, article 116961.

40. Swaren, L., Hao, W., von Gunten, K., Wilson, S.A., Alessi, D.S., Planavsky, N.J., Tarhan, L.G., Gingras, M.K. and Konhauser, K.O., 2021, The influence of invertebrate faecal material on compositional heterogeneity, diagenesis and trace metal distribution in the Ogeechee River Estuary, Georgia, USA: Sedimentology, v. 68, p. 788-804.

39. *Slagter, S., Tarhan, L.G., Hao, W., Planavsky, N.J. and Konhauser, K., 2021, Experimental evidence supports early silica cementation of the Ediacara Biota: Geology, v. 49, p. 51–55.

38. **Zhao, M., Tarhan, L.G., Zhang, Y., Hood, A., Asael, D., Reid, R.P. and Planavsky, N.J., 2020, Evaluation of shallow-water carbonates as a seawater zinc isotope archive: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 553, article 116599.

37. Wei, G.-Y., Planavsky, N.J., Tarhan, L.G., He, T., Wang, D., Shields, G.A., Wei, W. and Ling, H.-F., 2020, Highly dynamic marine redox state through the Cambrian explosion highlighted by authigenic δ238U records: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 544, article 116361.

36. Droser, M.L., §Tarhan, L.G., Evans, S.D., Surprenant, R.K. and Gehling, J.G., 2020, Biostratinomy of the Ediacara Member (Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia): implications for depositional environments, ecology and biology of Ediacara organisms: Interface Focus., v. 10, article 20190100, doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2019.0100.

35. §Tarhan, L.G., Myrow, P.M., Smith, E.F., Nelson, L.L. and Sadler, P.M., 2020, Infaunal augurs of the Cambrian explosion: an Ediacaran trace fossil assemblage from Nevada, USA: Geobiology, v. 18, p. 486-496.

34. Planavsky, N.J., Hood, A. v. S., Tarhan, L.G., Shen, S. and Johnson, K., 2020, Store and share ancient rocks: Nature, v. 581, p. 137-139.

33. Zhao, M., Zhang, S., Tarhan, L.G., Reinhard, C. and Planavsky, N.J., 2020, The role of calcium in regulating marine phosphorus burial and atmospheric oxygenation: Nature Communications, v. 11, article 2232.

32. Smith, E.F., §Tarhan, L.G. and Nelson, L.L., 2019, Ediacaran-Cambrian transition of the southwestern USA: PaleoBios, v. 36, Supplement 2, p. 1–31.

31. §Tarhan, L.G., Hood, A.v.S., Droser, M.L., Gehling, J.G., Briggs, D.E.G., Gaines R.R., Robbins, L.J. and Planavsky, N.J., 2019, Comment on “Petrological evidence supports the death mask model for the preservation of Ediacaran soft-bodied organisms in South Australia”: Geology, doi.org/10.1130/G46326C.1.

30. Konhauser, K.O., Hao, W., Li, Y., von Gunten, K., Bishop, B.A., Alessi, D.S., Tarhan, L.G., O’Connell, B., Robbins, L.J., Planavsky, N.J., and Gingras, M.K., Accepted, Diopatra cuprea worm burrow parchment: a cautionary tale of infaunal surface reactivity: Lethaia.

29. Droser, M.L., Gehling, J.G., Tarhan, L.G., Evans, S.D., Hall, C.M.S., Hughes, I.V., Hughes, E.B., Dzaugis, M.E., Dzaugis, M.P., Dzaugis, P.W. and Rice, D., 2019, Piecing together the puzzle of the Ediacara Biota: excavation and reconstruction at the Ediacara National Heritage site Nilpena (South Australia): Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 513, p. 132-145.

28. §Tarhan, L.G., 2018, Phanerozoic shallow marine sole marks and substrate evolution: Geology, v. 46, p. 755-758.

27. §Tarhan, L.G., Droser, M.L., Cole, D.B. and Gehling, J.G., 2018, Ecological expansion and extinction in the late Ediacaran: weighing the evidence for environmental and biotic drivers. Integrative and Comparative Biology, v. 58, p. 688-702 (invited research article).

26. Wei, G.-Y., Planavsky, N.J., Tarhan, L.G., Chen, X., Wei, W., Li, D. and Ling, H.-F., 2018, Marine redox fluctuation as a potential trigger for the Cambrian explosion: Geology, v. 46, p. 587-590.

25. §Tarhan, L.G., 2018, The early Paleozoic development of bioturbation—evolutionary and geobiological consequences: Earth-Science Reviews (invited review), v.178, p. 177-207.

24. §Tarhan, L.G., Planavsky, N.J., Wang, X., Bellefroid, E.J., Droser, M.L. and Gehling, J.G., 2018, Late-stage ‘ferruginization’ of the Ediacara Member (Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia): insights from uranium isotopes: Geobiology, v. 16, p. 35-48.

23. Droser, M.L., Tarhan, L.G. and Gehling, J.G., 2017, The rise of animals in a changing environment: global ecological innovation in the late Ediacaran: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, v. 45, p. 593-617.

22. §Tarhan, L.G., 2017, Meiofauna mute the Cambrian Explosion: Nature Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0324-2.

21. McMahon, S., Tarhan, L.G. and Briggs, D.E.G., 2017, Decay of the sea anemone Metridium (Actiniaria): implications for the preservation of soft-bodied diploblast-grade animals: Palaios, v. 32, p. 388-395.

20. §Tarhan, L.G., Droser, M.L., Gehling, J.G. and Dzaugis, M.P., 2017, Microbial mat sandwiches and other anactualistic sedimentary features of the Ediacara Member (Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia): implications for interpretation of the Ediacaran sedimentary record: Palaios, v. 32, p. 181-194.

19. Sappenfield, A.D., Tarhan, L.G. and Droser, M.L., 2017, Earth’s oldest jellyfish strandings: a unique taphonomic window or just another day at the beach?: Geological Magazine, v. 154, p. 859-874.

18. §Tarhan, L.G., Hood, A.v.S., Droser, M.L., Gehling, J.G. and Briggs, D.E.G., 2017, Delusions of dirt: Ediacara organisms were not soil dwellers—Reply: Geology, doi:10.1130/G38858Y.1.

17. §Tarhan, L.G., Hood, A.v.S., Droser, M.L., Gehling, J.G. and Briggs, D.E.G., 2016, Exceptional preservation of soft-bodied Ediacara Biota promoted by silica-rich oceans: Geology, v. 44, p. 951-954.

16. Anderson, R.P., Tarhan, L.G., Cummings, K.E., Planavsky, N.P. and Bjørnerud, M., 2016, Macroscopic structures in the 1.1 Ga continental Copper Harbor Formation: concretions or fossils?: Palaios, v. 31, p. 327-338.

15. §Tarhan, L.G., Haddad, E., Hall, C.M.S., Dahl, R.M., Hancock, L.G., Henry, S.E., Joel, L.V., Thomson, T.J. and Droser, M.L., 2016, Seafloor colonization in the earliest Paleozoic: evidence from the Cambrian of Death Valley: Proceedings of the Death Valley Natural History Association, p. 355-379 (invited research article).

14. Darroch, S., Locatelli, E., McCoy, V., Clark, E., Anderson, R., Tarhan, L. and Hull, P., 2016, Taphonomic disparity in foraminifera as a paleo-indicator for seagrass: Palaios, v. 31, p. 242-258.

13. McCoy, V.E., Saupe, E.E., Lamsdell, J.C., Tarhan, L.G., McMahon, S., Lidgard, S., Mayer, P., Whalen, C.D., Soriano, C., Finney, L., Vogt, S., Clark, E.G., Anderson, R.P., Petermann, H., Locatelli, E.R. and Briggs, D.E.G., 2016, The Tully Monster is a vertebrate: Nature, v. 532, p. 496-499.

12. Li, C., Planavsky, N.J., Shi, W., Zhang, Z., Zhou, C., Cheng, M., Tarhan, L.G., Luo, G. and Xie, S., 2015, Ediacaran marine redox heterogeneity and early animal ecosystems: Scientific Reports, v. 5, doi: 10.1038/srep17097.

11. §Tarhan, L.G., Droser, M.L., Planavsky, N.J. and Johnston, D., 2015, Protracted development of bioturbation through the early Palaeozoic Era: Nature Geoscience, v. 8, p. 865-869.

10. Planavsky, N.J., Tarhan, L.G., Bellefroid, E.J., Evans, D.A.D., Reinhard, C.T., Love, G. and Lyons, T.W., 2015, Late Proterozoic transitions in climate, oxygen, and tectonics, and the rise of complex life: The Paleontological Society Papers, v. 21, p. 47-82.

9. §Tarhan, L.G., and Laflamme, M., 2015, An examination of the evolution of Ediacaran paleoenvironmental and paleoecological research: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 434, p. 1-3.

8. §Tarhan, L.G., Droser, M.L. and Gehling, J.G., 2015, Depositional and preservational environments of the Ediacara Member, Rawnsley Quartzite (South Australia): assessment of paleoenvironmental proxies and the timing of ‘ferruginization:’ Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 434, p. 4-13.

7. §Tarhan, L.G., Droser, M.L., Gehling, J.G. and Dzaugis, M.P., 2015, Taphonomy and morphology of the Ediacara form genus Aspidella: Precambrian Research, v. 257, p. 124-136.

6. §Tarhan, L.G., Droser, M.L. and Hughes, N., 2014, Mixed layer development and exceptional trace fossil preservation in Cambro-Ordovician siliciclastic strata: Cambro-Ordovician Studies V, Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists (ed. Laurie, J.), v. 45, p. 71-88.

5. §Tarhan, L.G. and Droser, M.L., 2014, Widespread delayed mixing in early to middle Cambrian marine shelfal settings: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 399, p. 310-322.

4. §Tarhan, L.G., Hughes, N.C., Myrow, P.M., Bhargava, O.N., Ahluwalia, A.D. and Kudryavtsev, A.B., 2014, Precambrian–Cambrian boundary interval occurrence and form of the enigmatic tubular body fossil Shaanxilithes ningqiangensis from the Lesser Himalaya of India: Palaeontology, v. 57, p. 283-298.

3. §Tarhan, L.G., Planavsky, N.J., Laumer, C.E., Stolz, J.F. and Reid, R.P., 2013, Microbial mat controls on infaunal abundance and diversity in modern marine microbialites: Geobiology, v. 11, p. 485-497.

2. §Tarhan, L.G., Jensen, S. and Droser, M.L., 2012, Furrows and firmgrounds: evidence for predation and implications for Palaeozoic substrate evolution in Rusophycus “hunting burrows” from the Silurian of east-central New York: Lethaia, v. 45, p. 329-341.

1. §Tarhan, L.G., Droser, M.L. and Gehling, J.G., 2010, Taphonomic controls on Ediacaran diversity: uncovering the holdfast origin of morphologically variable enigmatic structures: Palaios, v. 25, p. 823-830.