Niches of the pre-photosynthetic biosphere and geologic preservation of Earth's earliest ecology

Geobiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-117

  Sleep, Norman H ^a   Bird, Dennis K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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BIOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; EARLY EARTH; HYDROGEN; METAMORPHISM; METHANOGENESIS; NICHE; ORGANIC MATTER; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PALEOECOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 33751245678     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2007.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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