Reappraisal of hydrocarbon biomarkers in Archean rocks

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 5915-5920

  French, Katherine L ^a,h   Hallmann, Christian ^b,c   Hope, Janet M ^d   Schoon, Petra L ^e   Zumberge, J Alex ^e   Hoshino, Yosuke ^f   Peters, Carl A ^f   George, Simon C ^f   Love, Gordon D ^e   Brocks, Jochen J ^d   Buick, Roger ^g   Summons, Roger E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Eukaryotes; Great oxidation; Oxygenic photosynthesis; Pilbara

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIAMONDOID DERIVATIVE; HOPANOID; HYDROCARBON; LIPID; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOLVENT;

ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK; ARCHAEON; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOSSIL; METABOLISM; PALEONTOLOGY; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE;

CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

ARCHAEA; AUSTRALIA; BIOMARKERS; CYANOBACTERIA; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; OXYGEN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84929346866     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1419563112     Document Type: Article

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