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Stromatolites 3,400–3,500 Myr old from the North Pole area, Western Australia
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“Less controversial are ancient stromatolites, which date back to about 3.45 Ga (Walter et al., 1980; Allwood et al., 2009).”
From The Astrobiology Primer v2.0 (2016) · cites this paper as Walter et al., 1980
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(1973) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-65545-6 · Cited by 382
Schidlowski, M., Appel, P. W. U., Eichmann, R., & Junge, C. (1979) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/0016-7037(79)90238-2 · Cited by 266
Archean Microfossils Showing Cell Division from the Swaziland System of South Africa
Knoll, A. H., & Barghoorn, E. S. (1977) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.198.4315.396 · Cited by 243
Chapter 5.1 The Origin and Development of Cryptalgal Fabrics
Monty, C. (1976) · Developments in sedimentology · doi:10.1016/s0070-4571(08)71137-3 · Cited by 228
Walter, M. R., Bauld, J., & Brock, T. D. (1972) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.178.4059.402 · Cited by 210
Self-citationCombined structural and chemical analysis of 3,800-Myr-old microfossils
Pflug, H. D., & Jaeschke-Boyer, H. (1979) · Nature · doi:10.1038/280483a0 · Cited by 136
A new microfossil assemblage from the Archaean of Western Australia
Dunlop, J. S. R., MILNE, V. A., Groves, D. I., & Muir, M. D. (1978) · Nature · doi:10.1038/274676a0 · Cited by 132
Self-citationBarley, M. E., Dunlop, J. S. R., Glover, J. E., & Groves, D. I. (1979) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · doi:10.1016/0012-821x(79)90156-0 · Cited by 116
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- Walter, M. R. in Archaean Cherty Metasediments : Their Sedimentology, Micropalaeontology, Biogeochemistry, and Significance to Mineralization (eds Glover, J.E. & Groves, D.I.) 1–10 (Publications of the Geology Department and Extension Service, University of Western Australia, 2, 1978).
- Muir, M. D. & Grant, P. R. in The Early History of the Earth (ed. Windley, B.F.) 595–604 (Wiley, New York, 1976).
- Cloud, P. E. Geol. Soc. S. Afr. Annex. Vol. 79 (1976).
- Miller, S. L. & Orgel, L. E. The Origins of Life on Earth (Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1974).
- Dunlop, J. S. R. thesis, Univ. Western Australia (1976).
- Dunlop, J. S. R. in Archaean Cherty Metasediments: Their Sedimentology, Micropalaeontology, Biogeochemistry, and Significance to Mineralization (eds. Glover, J.E. & Groves, D.I.) 30–38 (Publications of the Geology Department and Extension Service, University of Western Australia, 2, 1978).
- Hickman, A. H. & Lipple, S. L. Explanatory Notes for Marble Bar 1:250 000 Sheet (Geol. Surv. W. Austral., 1978).
- Walter, M. R. (ed.) Stromatolites (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1976).
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Microfossils of the early Archean apex chert: New evidence of the antiquity of life
Schopf, J. W. (1993) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.260.5108.640 · Cited by 1,363
THE EARLY HISTORY OF ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN: Homage to Robert M. Garrels
Canfield, D. E. (2005) · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · doi:10.1146/annurev.earth.33.092203.122711 · Cited by 1,032
A 3,800-million-year isotopic record of life from carbon in sedimentary rocks
Schidlowski, M. (1988) · Nature · doi:10.1038/333313a0 · Cited by 830
Hazen, R. M., Papineau, D., Bleeker, W., Downs, R. T., Ferry, J. M., McCoy, T. J., Sverjensky, D. A., & Yang, H. (2008) · American Mineralogist · doi:10.2138/am.2008.2955 · Cited by 701
Early Archean (3.3-Billion to 3.5-Billion-Year-Old) Microfossils from Warrawoona Group, Australia
Schopf, J. W., & Packer, B. M. (1987) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.11539686 · Cited by 655
Metadata
- Authors
- Walter, M. R., Buick, R., & Dunlop, J. S. R.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- ORCID
- Buick, R.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1980-04
- Volume
- 284
- Issue
- 5755
- Pages
- 443-445
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W1980381656
- Cited by
- 508
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 16 · 2012: 12
- FWCI
- 31.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (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
- stromatolites, Archean, early life, microbial mats, Pilbara Block, Precambrian, origin of life
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