Fluid-deposited graphite and its geobiological implications in early Archean gneiss from Akilia, Greenland

Geobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-9

  Lepland, A ^a,b   Van zuilen, M A ^c,d   Philippot, P ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GRAPHITE; METHANE; MINERAL; PYROXENE; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARCHEAN; GNEISS; GRAPHITE; METAMORPHISM; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROGRAPHY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; FOSSIL; GREENLAND; MICROBIOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENT;

BIOGENESIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GRAPHITE; GREENLAND; METHANE; MINERALS; QUARTZ; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; WATER;

AKILIA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 78650096171     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2010.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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