Reappraisal of hydrocarbon biomarkers in Archean rocks
Hopanes and steranes found in Archean rocks have been presented as key evidence supporting the early rise of oxygenic photosynthesis and eukaryotes, but the syngeneity of these hydrocarbon biomarkers is controversial. To resolve this debate, we performed a multilaboratory study of new cores from the...
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
2016
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100743 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7144-8537 |