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Evidence of Archean life: Stromatolites and microfossils

Schopf, J. William, Kudryavtsev, Anatoliy B., Czaja, Andrew D., Tripathi, Abhishek B.·2007·Precambrian Research

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Authors: Schopf, J. W., Kudryavtsev, A. B., Czaja, A. D., & Tripathi, A. B.
Affiliations: University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author: Schopf, J. William
ORCID: Schopf, J. William
Czaja, Andrew D.
Venue: Precambrian Research
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2007-10
Volume: 158
Issue: 3-4
Pages: 141-155
ISSN: 0301-9268 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.04.009
OpenAlex: W2159725055
Cited by: 409
References: 68
Citations by year: 2026: 13 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 38 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 29 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 26
FWCI: 13.70
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Precambrian Research (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Keywords: microfossils, origin of life, carbon isotopes, Raman imaging, paleoenvironment

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