Fossil evidence of Archaean life

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1470, 2006, Pages 869-885

  Schopf, J William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaean; Microfossils; Oldest life; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOTYPE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; STROMATOLITE;

BIOGENESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; REVIEW; SEDIMENT;

BIOGENESIS; CYANOBACTERIA; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 33747757566     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1834     Document Type: Review

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