The 2.1 Ga old Francevillian biota: Biogenicity, taphonomy and biodiversity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  El Albani, Abderrazak ^a   Bengtson, Stefan ^b   Canfield, Donald E ^c   Riboulleau, Armelle ^d   Bard, Claire Rollion ^e   Macchiarelli, Roberto ^f,g   Pemba, Lauriss Ngombi ^a   Hammarlund, Emma ^b,c   Meunier, Alain ^a   Mouele, Idalina Moubiya ^a   Benzerara, Karim ^h   Bernard, Sylvain ^h   Boulvais, Philippe ⁱ   Chaussidon, Marc ^e   Cesari, Christian ^e   Fontaine, Claude ^a   Chi Fru, Ernest ^j   Ruiz, Juan Manuel Garcia ^k   Gauthier Lafaye, François ^l   Mazurier, Arnaud ^m   Pierson Wickmann, Anne Catherine ⁱ   Rouxel, Olivier ⁿ   Trentesaux, Alain ^d   Vecoli, Marco ^d   Versteegh, Gerard J M ^o   White, Lee ^p   Whitehouse, Martin ^b   Bekker, Andrey ^q   more..

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^g MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^h SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^j STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^l Et Université de Strasbourg   (France)

^m Société Etudes Recherches Matériaux CRI Biopole   (France)

ⁿ IFREMER   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^p Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux   (Gabon)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGENICITY; BIOSPHERE; BIOTA; BLACK SHALE; CARBONIFEROUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIAGENESIS; EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MACROFOSSIL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGENATION; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; ROCK; SEDIMENTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TAPHONOMY; BIOGENESIS; FOSSIL; GABON; PHYLOGENY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GABON; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84903525549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099438     Document Type: Article

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