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13 C-Depleted Carbon Microparticles in >3700-Ma Sea-Floor Sedimentary Rocks from West Greenland

Rosing, Minik T.·1999·Science

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Turbiditic and pelagic sedimentary rocks from the Isua supracrustal belt in west Greenland [more than 3700 million years ago (Ma)] contain reduced carbon that is likely biogenic. The carbon is present as 2- to 5-micrometer graphite globules and has an isotopic composition of δ 13 C that is about –19 per mil (Pee Dee belemnite standard). These data and the mode of occurrence indicate that the reduced carbon represents biogenic detritus, which was perhaps derived from planktonic organisms.

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Authors: Rosing, M. T.
Affiliations: Geologisk Museum, Øster Voldgade 5-7, DK-1350 København K, Denmark, and Danish Lithosphere Center, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 København K, Denmark.
Corresponding author: Rosing, Minik T.
ORCID: Rosing, Minik T.
Venue: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published: 1999-01-29
Volume: 283
Issue: 5402
Pages: 674-676
ISSN: 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5402.674
OpenAlex: W2085436563
Cited by: 699
References: 20
Citations by year: 2026: 12 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 37 · 2019: 36 · 2018: 36 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 37 · 2012: 22
FWCI: 21.28
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
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: biogenic carbon, carbon microparticles, early Archean, Isua supracrustal belt, turbidites, pelagic sediments, planktonic organisms, carbon isotopes, West Greenland

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