Ideas and perspectives: hydrothermally driven redistribution and sequestration of early Archaean biomass – the “hydrothermal pump hypothesis”
Archaean hydrothermal chert veins commonly contain abundant organic carbon of uncertain origin (abiotic vs. biotic). In this study, we analysed kerogen contained in a hydrothermal chert vein from the ca. 3.5 Ga Dresser Formation (Pilbara Craton, Western Australia). Catalytic hydropyrolysis (HyPy...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Biogeosciences |
| Online Access: | https://www.biogeosciences.net/15/1535/2018/bg-15-1535-2018.pdf |