Ultrastructural Heterogeneity of Carbonaceous Material in Ancient Cherts: Investigating Biosignature Origin and Preservation

Astrobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 825-842

  Qu, Yuangao ^a   Engdahl, Anders ^b   Zhu, Shixing ^c   Vajda, Vivi ^d,e   McLoughlin, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

825 842; Bitter Springs Formation; Carbonaceous material; Fossil. Astrobiology 15; Micro FTIR; Raman spectroscopy; Rhynie chert; Wumishan Formation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOSSIL; FUNGUS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT; PROKARYOTIC CELL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; CARBON; CHINA; CYANOBACTERIA; FOSSILS; FUNGI; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PLANTS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84945939697     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2015.1298     Document Type: Article

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