Evidence for early life in Earth’s oldest hydrothermal vent precipitates

A Test of the Biogenicity Criteria Established for Microfossils and Stromatolites on Quaternary Tufa and Speleothem Materials Formed in the “Twilight Zone” at Caerwys, UK

(2015) A.T. Brasier et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Tracing Biosignature Preservation of Geothermally Silicified Microbial Textures into the Geological Record

(2015) Kathleen A. Campbell et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Biogenicity of an Early Quaternary iron formation, Milos Island, Greece

(2015) E. Chi Fru et al.   Geobiology

Nanoscale petrographic and geochemical insights on the origin of the Palaeoproterozoic stromatolitic phosphorites from Aravalli Supergroup, India

(2015) D. Papineau et al.   Geobiology

Limited influence of Si on the preservation of Fe mineral-encrusted microbial cells during experimental diagenesis

(2015) A. Picard et al.   Geobiology

Generation of hydrothermal Fe-Si oxyhydroxide deposit on the Southwest Indian Ridge and its implication for the origin of ancient banded iron formations

(2015) Zhilei Sun et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Graphitic Carbons and Biosignatures

(2014) S. Bernard et al.   Elements

Eoarchean to Neoarchean evolution of the Nuvvuagittuq Supracrustal belt: New insights from U-Pb zircon geochronology

(2013) J. R. Darling et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

Reduced, reused and recycled: Detrital zircons define a maximum age for the Eoarchean (ca. 3750–3780Ma) Nuvvuagittuq Supracrustal Belt, Québec (Canada)

(2013) Nicole L. Cates et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Morphology of biogenic iron oxides records microbial physiology and environmental conditions: toward interpreting iron microfossils

(2013) S. T. Krepski et al.   Geobiology

Biomorphic textures in the ferruginous-siliceous rocks of massive sulfide-bearing paleohydrothermal fields in the urals

(2013) N. R. Ayupova et al.   LITHOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES

Evidence for biogenic graphite in early Archaean Isua metasedimentary rocks

(2013) Yoko Ohtomo et al.   Nature Geoscience

Biological carbon precursor to diagenetic siderite with spherical structures in iron formations

(2013) Inga Köhler et al.   Nature Communications

Mineralogical characterization and formation of Fe-Si oxyhydroxide deposits from modern seafloor hydrothermal vents

(2012) Z. Sun et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Microbial diversity and biomineralization in low-temperature hydrothermal iron-silica-rich precipitates of the Lau Basin hydrothermal field

(2012) Jiangtao Li et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Chemical sedimentary protoliths in the >3.75Ga Nuvvuagittuq Supracrustal Belt (Québec, Canada)

(2012) A.M. Mloszewska et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Formation age and metamorphic history of the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt

(2012) Jonathan O’Neil et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

The composition of Earth's oldest iron formations: The Nuvvuagittuq Supracrustal Belt (Québec, Canada)

(2011) Aleksandra M. Mloszewska et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

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

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

Ultra-diffuse hydrothermal venting supports Fe-oxidizing bacteria and massive umber deposition at 5000 m off Hawaii

(2011) Katrina J Edwards et al.   ISME Journal

Implications of the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt for the Formation of Earth's Early Crust

(2011) J. O'Neil et al.   JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY

Young poorly crystalline graphite in the >3.8-Gyr-old Nuvvuagittuq banded iron formation

(2011) D. Papineau et al.   Nature Geoscience

U–Pb and Th–Pb dating of apatite by LA-ICPMS

(2010) David M. Chew et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Fe, C, and O isotope compositions of banded iron formation carbonates demonstrate a major role for dissimilatory iron reduction in ~2.5Ga marine environments

(2010) Adriana Heimann et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Fluid-deposited graphite and its geobiological implications in early Archean gneiss from Akilia, Greenland

(2010) A. LEPLAND et al.   Geobiology

Ancient graphite in the Eoarchean quartz-pyroxene rocks from Akilia in southern West Greenland II: Isotopic and chemical compositions and comparison with Paleoproterozoic banded iron formations

(2010) Dominic Papineau et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Ancient graphite in the Eoarchean quartz–pyroxene rocks from Akilia in southern West Greenland I: Petrographic and spectroscopic characterization

(2010) Dominic Papineau et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

MICROBIAL BIOSIGNATURES IN IRON-MINERALIZED PHOTOTROPHIC MATS AT CHOCOLATE POTS HOT SPRINGS, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, UNITED STATES

(2010) M. N. PARENTEAU et al.   PALAIOS

Metamorphic zircon, trace elements and Neoarchean metamorphism in the ca. 3.75 Ga Nuvvuagittuq supracrustal belt, Québec (Canada)

(2009) N.L. Cates et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Focused Ion Beam (FIB) combined with SEM and TEM: Advanced analytical tools for studies of chemical composition, microstructure and crystal structure in geomaterials on a nanometre scale

(2008) Richard Wirth   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Metalliferous Sediment and a Silica-Hematite Deposit within the Blanco Fracture Zone, Northeast Pacific

(2008) James R. Hein et al.   MARINE GEORESOURCES & GEOTECHNOLOGY

Neodymium-142 Evidence for Hadean Mafic Crust

(2008) J. O'Neil et al.   SCIENCE