Hydrogen-based carbon fixation in the earliest known photosynthetic organisms

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-40

  Tice, Michael M ^a   Lowe, Donald R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean; Evolution; Hydrogen; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CARBON FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS;

HYDROGEN; IRON COMPOUNDS; MICROORGANISMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ARCHEAN; CARBON FIXATION; MICROBIAL MAT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 31344436715     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22012.1     Document Type: Article

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