World's largest known Precambrian fossil black smoker chimneys and associated microbial vent communities, North China: Implications for early life

Gondwana Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 84-100

  Li, Jianghai ^a   Kusky, Timothy M ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Black smoker chimney; China; Microbialite; Origin of life; Precambrian

Indexed keywords

BLACK SMOKER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIALITE; MICROFOSSIL; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PRECAMBRIAN; SEAFLOOR;

CHINA;

EID: 34250868337     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2006.10.024     Document Type: Article

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