Early Archean fossil bacteria and biofilms in hydrothermally-influenced sediments from the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa

Francès Westall; Maarten J. de Wit; J. C. Dann; Sjerry van der Gaast; Cornel E.J. de Ronde; Dane Gerneke

doi:10.1016/s0301-9268(00)00127-3

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ArcheanGeologyBanded iron formationGreenstone beltSubaerialGeochemistryDiagenesisPrecambrianHydrothermal circulationMicrobial matHydrothermal ventChemosynthesisMineralogyPaleontologyBacteriaCyanobacteria

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Year: 2001
Type: article
Volume: 106
Issue: 1-2
Pages: 93-116
Citations: 335
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                                    Francès Westall, 
                                
                                    Maarten J. de Wit, 
                                
                                    J. C. Dann
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2001). 
                            Early Archean fossil bacteria and biofilms in hydrothermally-influenced sediments from the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa. 
                            Precambrian Research
                            , 106
                            (1-2)
                            , 93-116.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0301-9268(00)00127-3
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(00)00127-3