Organo-mineral associations in chert of the 3.5 Ga Mount Ada Basalt raise questions about the origin of organic matter in Paleoarchean hydrothermally influenced sediments

Organic geochemical approaches to understanding early life

(2019) Julien Alleon et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Challenges in evidencing the earliest traces of life

(2019) Emmanuelle J. Javaux   NATURE

Changes of aliphatic C-H bonds in cyanobacteria during experimental thermal maturation in the presence or absence of silica as evaluated by FTIR microspectroscopy

(2018) Motoko Igisu et al.   Geobiology

Spatially-resolved isotopic study of carbon trapped in ∼3.43 Ga Strelley Pool Formation stromatolites

(2018) David T. Flannery et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

What is the meaning of hydrogen-to-carbon ratio determined in Archean organic matter?

(2018) Frédéric Delarue et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Speciation of Paleoarchean Life Demonstrated by Analysis of the Morphological Variation of Lenticular Microfossils from the Pilbara Craton, Australia

(2018) Kenichiro Sugitani et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Large and robust lenticular microorganisms on the young Earth

(2017) Dorothy Z. Oehler et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

SIMS analyses of the oldest known assemblage of microfossils document their taxon-correlated carbon isotope compositions

(2017) J. William Schopf et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Experimental maturation of Archaea encrusted by Fe-phosphates

(2017) J. Miot et al.   Scientific Reports

Organic molecular heterogeneities can withstand diagenesis

(2017) Julien Alleon et al.   Scientific Reports

Rapid, direct and non-destructive assessment of fossil organic matter via microRaman spectroscopy

(2016) Nicola Ferralis et al.   CARBON

Early entombment within silica minimizes the molecular degradation of microorganisms during advanced diagenesis

(2016) Julien Alleon et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Thermodynamic constraints on the formation of condensed carbon from serpentinization fluids

(2016) Vincent Milesi et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Reference Values Following ISO Guidelines for Frequently Requested Rock Reference Materials

(2016) Klaus Peter Jochum et al.   GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH

3.46 Ga Apex chert ‘microfossils’ reinterpreted as mineral artefacts produced during phyllosilicate exfoliation

(2016) David Wacey et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Carbonaceous microstructures from sedimentary laminated chert within the 3.46 Ga Apex Basalt, Chinaman Creek locality, Pilbara, Western Australia

(2016) Keyron Hickman-Lewis et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Lithostratigraphy and structure of the early Archaean Doolena Gap greenstone belt, East Pilbara Terrane, Western Australia

(2016) Daniel Wiemer et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Microstructure-specific carbon isotopic signatures of organic matter from ∼3.5 Ga cherts of the Pilbara Craton support a biologic origin

(2016) Navot Morag et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Self-assembly of biomorphic carbon/sulfur microstructures in sulfidic environments

(2016) Julie Cosmidis et al.   Nature Communications

A Rare Glimpse of Paleoarchean Life: Geobiology of an Exceptionally Preserved Microbial Mat Facies from the 3.4 Ga Strelley Pool Formation, Western Australia

(2016) Jan-Peter Duda et al.   PLoS One

Early evolution of large micro-organisms with cytological complexity revealed by microanalyses of 3.4 Ga organic-walled microfossils

(2015) K. Sugitani et al.   Geobiology

Formation of CO2, H2 and condensed carbon from siderite dissolution in the 200–300°C range and at 50MPa

(2015) Vincent Milesi et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Reappraisal of hydrocarbon biomarkers in Archean rocks

(2015) Katherine L. French et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Experimental diagenesis of organo-mineral structures formed by microaerophilic Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria

(2015) Aude Picard et al.   Nature Communications

Thermal Maturation of Gas Shale Systems

(2014) Sylvain Bernard et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

The Drive to Life on Wet and Icy Worlds

(2014) Michael J. Russell et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Ancient biomolecules: Their origins, fossilization, and role in revealing the history of life

(2014) Derek E. G. Briggs et al.   BIOESSAYS

Impact of biomineralization on the preservation of microorganisms during fossilization: An experimental perspective

(2014) Jinhua Li et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Graphitic Carbons and Biosignatures

(2014) S. Bernard et al.   Elements

Primary silica granules—A new mode of Paleoarchean sedimentation

(2014) Elizabeth J.T. Stefurak et al.   GEOLOGY

Testing the limits of micro-scale analyses of Si stable isotopes by femtosecond laser ablation multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with application to rock weathering

(2014) Jan A. Schuessler et al.   SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART B-ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY

EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL FORMATION OF ORGANIC SOLIDS IN CHONDRITES AND COMETS THROUGH POLYMERIZATION OF INTERSTELLAR FORMALDEHYDE

(2013) Yoko Kebukawa et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Texture-specific isotopic compositions in 3.4Gyr old organic matter support selective preservation in cell-like structures

(2013) Kevin Lepot et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

The Formation and Preservation ofSynechococcus elongatusCell Molds in Simulated Silica Sinter: Implications for the Identification of Microfossils

(2013) François Orange et al.   GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL

A new approach to develop the Raman carbonaceous material geothermometer for low-grade metamorphism using peak width

(2013) Yui Kouketsu et al.   ISLAND ARC

Laboratory Simulations of Abiotic Hydrocarbon Formation in Earth's Deep Subsurface

(2013) T. M. McCollom   Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry

ABIOTIC METHANE ON EARTH

(2013) Giuseppe Etiope et al.   REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS

Thermally-induced structural and chemical alteration of organic-walled microfossils: an experimental approach to understanding fossil preservation in metasediments

(2012) J. D. Schiffbauer et al.   Geobiology

Micrometer-scale chemical and isotopic criteria (O and Si) on the origin and history of Precambrian cherts: Implications for paleo-temperature reconstructions

(2012) Johanna Marin-Carbonne et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Sulfur isotopes of organic matter preserved in 3.45-billion-year-old stromatolites reveal microbial metabolism

(2012) T. R. R. Bontognali et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Determination of Reference Values for NIST SRM 610-617 Glasses Following ISO Guidelines

(2011) Klaus Peter Jochum et al.   GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH

Iolite: Freeware for the visualisation and processing of mass spectrometric data

(2011) Chad Paton et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY

Microfossils of sulphur-metabolizing cells in 3.4-billion-year-old rocks of Western Australia

(2011) David Wacey et al.   Nature Geoscience

Establishing a molecular relationship between chondritic and cometary organic solids

(2011) G. D. Cody et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

XANES, Raman and XRD study of anthracene-based cokes and saccharose-based chars submitted to high-temperature pyrolysis

(2010) S. Bernard et al.   CARBON

Precise Determination of Silicon Isotopes in Silicate Rock Reference Materials by MC-ICP-MS

(2010) Thomas Zambardi et al.   GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH

Structural parameters of chromite included in diamond and kimberlites from Siberia: A new tool for discriminating ultramafic source

(2009) D. Lenaz et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Raman Mapping Using Advanced Line-Scanning Systems: Geological Applications

(2009) Sylvain Bernard et al.   APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY

Trace elements record depositional history of an Early Archean stromatolitic carbonate platform

(2009) Abigail C. Allwood et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Organic matter heterogeneities in 2.72Ga stromatolites: Alteration versus preservation by sulfur incorporation

(2009) Kevin Lepot et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Silicon isotope and trace element constraints on the origin of ∼3.5Ga cherts: Implications for Early Archaean marine environments

(2009) S.H.J.M. van den Boorn et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Novel application of focused ion beam electron microscopy (FIB-EM) in preparation and analysis of microfossil ultrastructures: A new view of complexity in early Eukaryotic organisms

(2009) J. D Schiffbauer et al.   PALAIOS

Controls on development and diversity of Early Archean stromatolites

(2009) A. C. Allwood et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Organic thermometry for chondritic parent bodies

(2008) G.D. Cody et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Molecular evidence for life in the 3.5 billion year old Warrawoona chert

(2008) Sylvie Derenne et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Radiation damage in soft X-ray microscopy

(2008) J. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY AND RELATED PHENOMENA

Fundamental magnetic parameters from pure synthetic greigite (Fe3S4)

(2008) Liao Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Reassessing the first appearance of eukaryotes and cyanobacteria

(2008) Birger Rasmussen et al.   NATURE