Microbially influenced formation of 2,724-million-year-old stromatolites

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-121

  Lepot, Kevin ^a   Benzerara, Karim ^a,b   Brown, Gordon E ^c,d   Philippot, Pascal ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 58249129630     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo107     Document Type: Article

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