The structure and distribution of carbon in 3.5 Ga Apex chert: Implications for the biogenicity of Earth's oldest putative microfossils

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 784-789

  De Gregorio, Bradley T ^a   Sharp, Thomas G ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apex chert; Carbon; Crystal structure; EELS; Electron microscopy; Fischer Tropsch; Geomicrobiology; Kerogen; Microfossil

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLAY ALTERATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; KEROGEN; OIL SHALE; QUARTZ;

APEX CHERT; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; FISCHER TROPSCH; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; INTERSTITIAL CARBONS; MICROFOSSIL; STRUCTURAL DISORDERS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; CARBON; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; HYDROCARBON; MICROFOSSIL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33745458265     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.2149     Document Type: Article

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