Implications of a 3.472-3.333 Gyr-old subaerial microbial mat from the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa for the UV environmental conditions on the early Earth

Frances Westall, Cornel E. J. de Ronde, Gordon Southam, Nathalie Grassineau, Maggy Colas, Charles S. Cockell, Helmut Lammer

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1857-1875
Number of pages19
JournalPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences
Volume361
Issue number1474
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Oct 2006

Keywords

  • Early Mid Archaean
  • Barberton
  • microfossils
  • littoral zone
  • UV environment
  • HOT-SPRING SINTERS
  • WESTERN-AUSTRALIA
  • EARLY ATMOSPHERE
  • MOUNTAIN LAND
  • STROMATOLITES
  • LIFE
  • MICROFOSSILS
  • EVOLUTION
  • BACTERIA
  • MARS

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