Reappraisal of hydrocarbon biomarkers in Archean rocks

© 2015, National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. 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,...

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Main Authors: French, K., Hallmann, C., Hope, J., Schoon, P., Zumberge, J., Hoshino, Y., Peters, C., George, S., Love, G., Brocks, J., Buick, R., Summons, Roger
Format: Journal Article
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13193