ASTROBIOLOGY Volume 15, Number 7, 2015 ª Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. DOI: 10.1089/ast.2014.1275

Cyanobacterial Inhabitation on Archean Rock Surfaces in the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia Yosuke Hoshino1,2,3,* and Simon C. George1,2

Abstract

High abundances of 7- and 6-monomethylalkanes as well as C17 n-alkane, indicative of cyanobacteria, have been discovered near the surfaces of Archean carbonate rocks of the Fortescue Group in the Pilbara region, Western Australia. The presence of cyanobacterial biomarkers is mostly limited to the surface layer (

Cyanobacterial Inhabitation on Archean Rock Surfaces in the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia.

High abundances of 7- and 6-monomethylalkanes as well as C17 n-alkane, indicative of cyanobacteria, have been discovered near the surfaces of Archean ...
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