Biomarkers from Huronian oil-bearing fluid inclusions: An uncontaminated record of life before the Great Oxidation Event

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 437-440

  Dutkiewicz, Adriana ^a   Volk, Herbert ^b   George, Simon C ^b   Ridley, John ^c   Buick, Roger ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Oxidation Event; Huronian glaciations; Hydrocarbon biomarkers; Oil inclusions; Paleoproterozoic; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

GREAT OXIDATION EVENT; HURONIAN GLACIATIONS; HYDROCARBON BIOMARKERS; OIL-BEARING FLUID INCLUSIONS; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; SNOWBALL EARTH;

CONTAMINATION; FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBONS; INCLUSIONS; QUARTZ;

BIOMARKERS;

BIOMARKER; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIAGENESIS; EUKARYOTE; FLUID INCLUSION; GLACIATION; METAMORPHISM; PALEONTOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADA; ELLIOT LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33745294215     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22360.1     Document Type: Article

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