Questioning the biogenicity of titanite mineral trace fossils in Archean pillow lavas

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

Volumn 112, Issue 24, 2015, Pages E3090-S3091

  Grosch, Eugene G ^a   McLoughlin, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID; MINERAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLASS;

ARCHEAN; FOSSIL; LETTER; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MINERALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VOLCANO;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GLASS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 84935837214     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506995112     Document Type: Letter

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