Dating carbonaceous matter in archean cherts by electron paramagnetic resonance

Astrobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-162

  Bourbin, M ^a   Gourier, D ^b   Derenne, S ^a   Binet, L ^b   Le Du, Y ^b   Westall, F ^c   Kremer, B ^d   Gautret, P ^e  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^e UMR 7327   (France)

Author keywords

Archean; Contamination; Kerogen; Sedimentary rocks; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EVOLUTION; FREEZE DRYING; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SEDIMENT;

BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CYANOBACTERIA; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREEZE DRYING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOT TEMPERATURE; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

EID: 84874362201     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2012.0855     Document Type: Article

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