Summons, Roger E.

Ancient biomolecules: Their origins, fossilization, and role in revealing the history of life

Briggs, D. E. G., & Summons, R. E. (2014) · BioEssays

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology

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Paleoenvironmental implications of novel C30 steranes in Precambrian to Cenozoic Age petroleum and bitumen

McCaffrey, M. A., Michael Moldowan, J., Lipton, P. A., Summons, R. E., Peters, K. E., Jeganathan, A., & Watt, D. S. (1994) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Cited by 202

Structural characterization of kerogen in 3.4Ga Archaean cherts from the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

Marshall, C. P., Love, G. D., Snape, C. E., Hill, A. C., Allwood, A. C., Walter, M. R., Van Kranendonk, M. J., Bowden, S. A., Sylva, S. P., & Summons, R. E. (2007) · Precambrian Research

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Cited by 174

Methanogenic burst in the end-Permian carbon cycle

Rothman, D. H., Fournier, G. P., French, K. L., Alm, E. J., Boyle, E. A., Cao, C., & Summons, R. E. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Cited by 169

Late Archean molecular fossils from the Transvaal Supergroup record the antiquity of microbial diversity and aerobiosis

Waldbauer, J. R., Sherman, L. S., Sumner, D. Y., & Summons, R. E. (2009) · Precambrian Research

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsOrigins and Evolution of Life

Cited by 167

Methylhopane biomarker hydrocarbons in Hamersley Province sediments provide evidence for Neoarchean aerobiosis

Eigenbrode, J. L., Freeman, K. H., & Summons, R. E. (2008) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsOrigins and Evolution of Life

Cited by 150

Sterol and genomic analyses validate the sponge biomarker hypothesis

Gold, D. A., Grabenstatter, J., de Mendoza, A., Riesgo, A., Ruiz-Trillo, I., & Summons, R. E. (2016) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Protist diversity and phylogenyMarine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

Cited by 145

Paleoproterozoic sterol biosynthesis and the rise of oxygen

Gold, D. A., Caron, A., Fournier, G. P., & Summons, R. E. (2017) · Nature

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsProtist diversity and phylogeny

Cited by 129

Low Upper Limit to Methane Abundance on Mars

Webster, C. R., Mahaffy, P. R., Atreya, S. K., Flesch, G. J., Farley, K. A., MSL Science Team, Kemppinen, O., Bridges, N., Johnson, J. R., Minitti, M., et al. (2013) · Science

Planetary Science and ExplorationAstro and Planetary Science

Cited by 118

Multiple origins of methane at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field

Bradley, A. S., & Summons, R. E. (2010) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Methane Hydrates and Related PhenomenaOrigins and Evolution of Life

Cited by 103

Release of bound aromatic hydrocarbons from late Archean and Mesoproterozoic kerogens via hydropyrolysis

Brocks, J. J., Love, G. D., Snape, C. E., Logan, G. A., Summons, R. E., & Buick, R. (2003) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 103

Identification and characterization of Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE‐1 hopanoid biosynthesis mutants

WELANDER, P. V., DOUGHTY, D. M., WU, C. ‐., MEHAY, S., SUMMONS, R. E., & NEWMAN, D. K. (2012) · Geobiology

Lipid metabolism and biosynthesisSteroid Chemistry and Biochemistry

Cited by 101

MOLECULAR PALAEOBIOLOGY

PETERSON, K. J., SUMMONS, R. E., & DONOGHUE, P. C. J. (2007) · Palaeontology

Evolution and Paleontology StudiesPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology

Cited by 93

Nitrogen fixation sustained productivity in the wake of the Palaeoproterozoic Great Oxygenation Event

Luo, G., Junium, C. K., Izon, G., Ono, S., Beukes, N. J., Algeo, T. J., Cui, Y., Xie, S., & Summons, R. E. (2018) · Nature Communications

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Cited by 75

Improved methods for isolating and validating indigenous biomarkers in Precambrian rocks

Sherman, L. S., Waldbauer, J. R., & Summons, R. E. (2007) · Organic Geochemistry

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsOrigins and Evolution of Life

Cited by 71

Canopy flow analysis reveals the advantage of size in the oldest communities of multicellular eukaryotes

Ghisalberti, M., Gold, D. A., Laflamme, M., Clapham, M. E., Narbonne, G. M., Summons, R. E., Johnston, D. T., & Jacobs, D. K. (2014) · Current Biology

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 70

The Paleoproterozoic McArthur River (HYC) Pb/Zn/Ag deposit of northern Australia: organic geochemistry and ore genesis

Chen, J., Walter, M. R., Logan, G. A., Hinman, M. C., & Summons, R. E. (2003) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Geological and Geochemical AnalysisGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Cited by 63

The molecular record of Cryogenian sponges – a response to Antcliffe (2013)

Love, G. D., & Summons, R. E. (2015) · Palaeontology

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology

Cited by 43

Airborne hydrocarbon contamination from laboratory atmospheres

Illing, C. J., Hallmann, C., Miller, K. E., Summons, R. E., & Strauss, H. (2014) · Organic Geochemistry

Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 37

Constraining the timing of basal metazoan radiation using molecular biomarkers and U-Pb isotope dating

Love, G. D., Fike, D. A., Grosjean, E., Stalvies, C., Grotzinger, J., Bradley, A. S., Bowring, S., Condon, D., & Summons, R. E. (2006) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 35

Origin and significance of aromatic hydrocarbons in giant iron ore deposits of the late Archean Hamersley Basin, Western Australia

Brocks, J. J., Summons, R. E., Buick, R., & Logan, G. A. (2003) · Organic Geochemistry

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Cited by 34

Prospects for Sterane Preservation in Sponge Fossils from Museum Collections and the Utility of Sponge Biomarkers for Molecular Clocks

Gold, D. A., O'Reilly, S. S., Luo, G., Briggs, D. E. G., & Summons, R. E. (2016) · Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology

Cited by 20

Chemical clues to the earliest animal fossils

Summons, R. E., & Erwin, D. H. (2018) · Science

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology

Cited by 15