Composition and syngeneity of molecular fossils from the 2.78 to 2.45 billion-year-old Mount Bruce Supergroup, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 4289-4319

  Brocks, Jochen J ^a   Buick, Roger ^b   Logan, Graham A ^c   Summons, Roger E ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST ROCK; HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHALE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HAMERSLEY BASIN; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0042125824     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00208-4     Document Type: Article

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