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

doi:10.1098/rstb.2006.1896

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

Earth Sciences

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1857-1875
Number of pages	19
Journal	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences
Volume	361
Issue number	1474
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2006.1896
Publication status	Published - 29 Oct 2006

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SDG 15 Life on Land

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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Westall, F., de Ronde, C. E. J., Southam, G., Grassineau, N., Colas, M., Cockell, C. S., & Lammer, H. (2006). 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. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 361(1474), 1857-1875. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2006.1896

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Westall, F, de Ronde, CEJ, Southam, G, Grassineau, N, Colas, M, Cockell, CS & Lammer, H 2006, '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', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, vol. 361, no. 1474, pp. 1857-1875. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2006.1896

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. / Westall, Frances; de Ronde, Cornel E. J.; Southam, Gordon et al.
In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, Vol. 361, No. 1474, 29.10.2006, p. 1857-1875.

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Westall F, de Ronde CEJ, Southam G, Grassineau N, Colas M, Cockell CS et al. 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. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 2006 Oct 29;361(1474):1857-1875. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1896