Potentially biogenic carbon preserved in a 4.1 billion-year-old zircon
Potentially biogenic carbon preserved in a 4.1 billion-year-old zircon
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Evidence of life on Earth is manifestly preserved in the rock record. However, the microfossil record only extends to ∼3.5 billion years (Ga), the chemofossil record arguably to ∼3.8 Ga, and the rock record to 4.0 Ga. Detrital zircons from Jack Hills, Western Australia range in age up to nearly 4.4 Ga. From a population of over 10,000 Jack Hills zi...
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Potentially biogenic carbon preserved in a 4.1 billion-year-old zircon
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1739096724
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1739096724
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.1517557112
