USING SIMS DATA TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF AUTHIGENIC CARBONATE IN THE ORIGIN OF CHAOTIC STRATIGRAPHIC VARIATIONS OF CARBON ISOTOPES IN THE EARLY EDIACARAN DOUSHANTUO FORMATION
XIAO, Shuhai1, CUI, Huan2, KANG, Junyao1, MCFADDEN, Kathleen A.3, KAUFMAN, Alan J.4, KITAJIMA, Kouki5, FOURNELLE, John H.6 and VALLEY, John W.7, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Analytical, Environmental, and Geo- Chemistry Group, Division of Earth System Science, Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Brussels, 1050, Belgium; ET-HOME (Evolution and Tracers of the Habitability of Mars and Earth) Astrobiology Research Consortium, Brussels, 1050, Belgium; NASA Astrobiology Institute & WiscSIMS, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, (3)ConocoPhillips Company, 600 N Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77077, (4)Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (5)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, (6)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, (7)WiscSIMS Laboratory, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706