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Community structure of lithotrophically-driven hydrothermal microbial mats from the Mariana Arc and back-arc.

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A multistage origin for Neoarchean layered hematite-magnetite iron formation from the Weld Range, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

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Paleoproterozoic manganese and base metals deposits at Kisenge-Kamata (Katanga, D.R. Congo)

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Paleoenvironmental and taphonomic controls on the occurrence of Paleoproterozoic microbial communities in the 1.88 Ga Ferriman Group, Labrador Trough, Canada

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How did the evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis influence the temporal and spatial development of the microbial iron cycle on ancient Earth?

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The Palaeoproterozoic Hotazel BIF-Mn Formation as an archive of Earth's earliest oxygenation

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The role of sedimentology, oceanography, and alteration on the δ 56 Fe value of the Sokoman Iron Formation, Labrador Trough, Canada

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Oxygen production and rapid iron oxidation in stromatolites immediately predating the Great Oxidation Event

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Iron mineralization and taphonomy of microfossils of the 2.45–2.21 Ga Turee Creek Group, Western Australia

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Ancient Oil as a Source of Carbonaceous Matter in 1.88-Billion-Year-Old Gunflint Stromatolites and Microfossils

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Geochemistry of Paleoproterozoic Gunflint Formation carbonate: Implications for hydrosphere-atmosphere evolution

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Oceanic chemistry recorded by cherts during the early Cambrian Explosion, South China

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Iron isotopic variations of the Cryogenian banded iron formations: A new model

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2D/3D Microanalysis by Energy Dispersive X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Tomography

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Fe-bearing phases in modern lacustrine microbialites from Mexico

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Bacterial symbiosis forming laminated iron‐rich deposits in Okuoku‐hachikurou hot spring, Akita Prefecture, Japan

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The Paleo-Mesoproterozoic boundary: 1.8Ga

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Living in Their Heyday: Iron‐Oxidizing Bacteria Bloomed in Shallow‐Marine, Subtidal Environments at ca. 1.88 Ga

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Oxygen production and rapid iron oxidation in stromatolites immediately predating the Great Oxidation Event

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Microaerophilic Fe‐oxidizing micro‐organisms in Middle Jurassic ferruginous stromatolites and the paleoenvironmental context of their formation (Southern Carpathians, Romania)

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