Organic matter heterogeneities in 2.72 Ga stromatolites: Alteration versus preservation by sulfur incorporation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 6579-6599

  Lepot, Kevin ^a   Benzerara, Karim ^a   Rividi, Nicolas ^a   Cotte, Marine ^b,c   Brown Jr , Gordon E ^d,e   Philippot, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FOURIER TRANSFORM; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STROMATOLITE; SULFUR; TEXTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70349257682     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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