Erratum: Molecular preservation of 1.88 Ga Gunflint organic microfossils as a function of temperature and mineralogy (Nature Communications, (2016), 7, 1, (11977), 10.1038/ncomms11977);Molecular preservation of 1.88 Ga Gunflint organic microfossils as a function of temperature and mineralogy

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Alleon, Julien ^a   Bernard, Sylvain ^a   Le Guillou, Corentin ^a   Marin Carbonne, Johanna ^b   Pont, Sylvain ^a   Beyssac, Olivier ^a   McKeegan, Kevin D ^c   Robert, François ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GALLIUM; MINERAL; SEA WATER; SILICON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID;

FOSSIL RECORD; MICROFOSSIL; MINERALOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PRESERVATION; PROTEIN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; GUNFLINT ORGANIC MICROFOSSIL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROFLORA; MICROFOSSIL; MINERALOGY; NONHUMAN; PRESERVATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; ANALYSIS; DEVICES; FOSSIL; MINNESOTA; ONTARIO; PALEONTOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBONATES; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MINNESOTA; ONTARIO; PALEONTOLOGY; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; QUARTZ; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84973347230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms16147     Document Type: Erratum

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