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Photosynthetic microbial mats in the 3,416-Myr-old ocean
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Metadata
- Authors
- Tice, M. M., & Lowe, D. R.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2004-09
- Volume
- 431
- Issue
- 7008
- Pages
- 549-552
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2038602179
- Cited by
- 542
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 28.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
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