Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

Molecular preservation of 1.88 Ga Gunflint organic microfossils as a function of temperature and mineralogy

  • Julien Alleon,
  • Sylvain Bernard,
  • Corentin Le Guillou,
  • Johanna Marin-Carbonne,
  • Sylvain Pont,
  • Olivier Beyssac,
  • Kevin D. McKeegan,
  • François Robert

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11977
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Thermal diagenesis is generally seen as detrimental to the preservation of organic biosignatures. Using synchrotron-based XANES data, Alleon et al.find preservation of the molecular signatures of organic microfossils from the 1.88 Ga Gunflint cherts.