Coccoid-like microstructures in a 3.0 Ga chert from Western Australia

International Geology Review

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-88

  Ueno, Yuichiro ^a   Isozaki, Yukio ^b   McNamara, Kenneth J ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Universidad de Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CHERT; DIAGENESIS; TEXTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 31144469428     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.48.1.78     Document Type: Article

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