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

dc.contributor.authorWacey, David
dc.contributor.authorSaunders, Martin
dc.contributor.authorKong, Charlie
dc.contributor.authorBrasier, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorBrasier, Martin
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Geology and Geophysicsen
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-01T23:01:01Z
dc.date.available2017-08-01T23:01:01Z
dc.date.embargoedUntil2017-08-01
dc.date.issued2016-08
dc.descriptionWe acknowledge the facilities, scientific and technical assistance of the Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis Research Facility at: Centre for Microscopy Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia; Electron Microscopy Unit, The University of New South Wales. These facilities are funded by the Universities, State and Commonwealth Governments. DW was funded by the European Commission and the Australian Research Council (FT140100321). This is ARC CCFS paper number XXX. We acknowledge Martin van Kranendonk, Owen Green, Cris Stoakes, Nicola McLoughlin, the late John Lindsay and the Geological Survey of Western Australia for fieldwork assistance, Thomas Becker for assistance with Raman microspectroscopy, Anthony Burgess from FEI for the preparation of one of the TEM wafers, and Russell Garwood, Tom Davies, Imran Rahman & Stephan Lautenschlager for training and advice on the SPIERS and AVIZO software suites. We thank Chris Fedo and an anonymous reviewer for comments that improved the manuscript.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.format.extent18
dc.format.extent4931484
dc.identifier54154996
dc.identifier73ae2b58-112d-4c6e-a960-c2d7b151621d
dc.identifier84941243081
dc.identifier.citationWacey, D, Saunders, M, Kong, C, Brasier, A & Brasier, M 2016, '3.46 Ga Apex chert 'microfossils' reinterpreted as mineral artefacts produced during phyllosilicate exfoliation', Gondwana Research, vol. 36, pp. 296-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2015.07.010en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.gr.2015.07.010
dc.identifier.issn1342-937X
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-6103-2848/work/41343967
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2164/9044
dc.identifier.vol36en
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofGondwana Researchen
dc.subjectApex Cherten
dc.subjectPilbara Cratonen
dc.subjectMicrofossilsen
dc.subjectPseudofossilsen
dc.subjectArchean lifeen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectQE Geologyen
dc.subjectEuropean Commissionen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.subject.lccQEen
dc.title3.46 Ga Apex chert 'microfossils' reinterpreted as mineral artefacts produced during phyllosilicate exfoliationen
dc.typeJournal articleen

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