GRIND-ECT: geological research through integrated Neoproterozoic drilling – Ediacaran–Cambrian transition

Rose, Catherine V.; Kasemann, Simone A.; Macdonald, Francis A.; Mesli, Melanie; Nduutepo, Andreas; Trindade, Ricardo; Zhu, Maoyan; Prave, Anthony R.

doi:10.5194/sd-35-171-2026

Articles | Volume 35, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-35-171-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-35-171-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 35, issue 2

Science report

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21 Sep 2026

Science report |

| 21 Sep 2026

GRIND-ECT: geological research through integrated Neoproterozoic drilling – Ediacaran–Cambrian transition

Catherine V. Rose, Simone A. Kasemann, Francis A. Macdonald, Melanie Mesli, Andreas Nduutepo, Ricardo Trindade, Maoyan Zhu, and Anthony R. Prave

Data sets

ICDP Operational Dataset: Geological Research through Integrated Neoproterozoic Drilling: The Ediacaran-Cambrian Transition (GRIND-ECT) C. Rose et al. https://doi.org/10.5880/ICDP.5064.001

Short summary

The Geological Research through Integrated Neoproterozoic Drilling project investigates rocks from the late Ediacaran Period, just before the rise of complex life. Its first stage studies rocks in Namibia and Brazil that contain some of Earth's earliest animal fossils. These cores help reveal environmental shifts that shaped early life and show how early animals developed.