Photosynthesis in the Archean era

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-117

  Olson, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxygenic photosynthesis; Bacteriochlorophyll; Banded iron formation; Buck Reef Chert; Chemical biomarkers; Chlorophyll; Cyanobacteria; Evaporites; Ferrous iron; Fortesque Group; Hydrogen; Isotope fractionation; Isua Supercrustal Belt; Microfossils

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; METHANOBACTERIALES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33745017874     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-006-9040-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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