Exogenous carbonaceous microstructures in Early Archaean cherts and BIFs from the Isua Greenstone Belt: Implications for the search for life in ancient rocks

Precambrian Research

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 313-330

  Westall, Frances ^a   Folk, Robert L ^b  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

BIF; Chert; Contamination; Endoliths; Graphite; Isua

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON; GRAPHITE; IRON;

ARCHEAN; BANDED IRON FORMATION; CHERT; GRAPHITE; GREENSTONE BELT; MICROORGANISM; MICROSTRUCTURE;

ACIDITY; ARCHAEAN; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FOSSIL; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GREENLAND; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCINTISCANNING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ISUA GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 0142141350     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00102-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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