Discovery of giant and conventional magnetofossils bookending Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

Discovery of giant and conventional magnetofossils bookending Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

Abstract Conventional magnetofossils are the remains of magnetotactic bacteria and giant magnetofossils are the remains of iron biomineralizing organisms that have not yet been identified. We report the oldest robust conventional and giant magnetofossil records, ~97 Ma, from marine sediments drilled...

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Main Authors: Courtney L. Wagner, Ioan Lascu, Jean M. Self-Trail, Tim Gooding, Kenneth J. T. Livi, Gianna Greger, Kristina Gardner, Jody Wycech, Mark Dreier, Tom Oliver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-07-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01540-2

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01540-2

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