Photosynthetic microbial mats in the 3,416-Myr-old ocean

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7008, 2004, Pages 549-552

  Tice, Michael M ^a   Lowe, Donald R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE ENGINEERING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENTATION;

MICROFOSSILS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC MATS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARCHEAN; CHERT; MICROBIAL MAT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STROMATOLITE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; FOSSIL; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL MAT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEDIMENT; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIOFILM; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WATER FLOW;

ARCHAEA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIOFILMS; BIOGENESIS; CARBON; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 4944240935     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02888     Document Type: Article

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