Vestiges of a beginning: Clues to the emergent biosphere recorded in the oldest known sedimentary rocks

GSA Today

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1-6

  Mojzsis, S J ^a   Harrison, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PRECAMBRIAN;

EID: 0034431101     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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