13C-depleted carbon microparticles in ≥3700-Ma sea-floor sedimentary rocks from west Greenland

Science

Volumn 283, Issue 5402, 1999, Pages 674-676

  Rosing, Minik T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13;

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBON 13; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; GREENLAND; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SEDIMENT;

GREENLAND;

BELEMNOIDEA;

EID: 0033613862     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5402.674     Document Type: Article

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