Reassessing the evidence for the earliest traces of life

Nature

Volumn 418, Issue 6898, 2002, Pages 627-630

  Van Zuilen, Mark A ^a   Lepland, Aivo ^a   Arrhenius, Gustaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CARBONATES; ECOSYSTEMS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; ROCKS;

ISOTROPIC COMPOSITION;

GRAPHITE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID; GRAPHITE;

ARCHEAN; BIOMARKER; GRAPHITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GREENLAND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK;

BIOGENESIS; CARBONATES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GRAPHITE; GREENLAND; HEAT; ISOTOPES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

GREENLAND;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 0037043714     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature00934     Document Type: Article

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