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| Archean | References |
| Neoarchean | Archean | Archean | Proterozoic |
| Hadean (earlier) |
Life Back: Tellurobiota | Life Next: Bacteria | Proterozoic (later) |
Timescale |
Introduction to the Archean |
References
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Eoarchean era - Paleontology
Christopher M. Fedo, Martin J. Whitehouse Metasomatic Origin of Quartz-Pyroxene Rock, Akilia, Greenland, and Implications for Earth's Earliest Life; Science 24 May 2002: Vol. 296. no. 5572, pp. 1448 - 1452 DOI: 10.1126/science.1070336
Eoarchean era - Paleontology
Hedges, S. Blair 2002: The Origin and Evolution of Model Organisms. Nature Reviews, v. 3: 838-849.
Eoarchean era - Paleontology
International Commission on Stratigraphy, 2000, International Stratigraphic Chart
Eoarchean era
International Commission on Stratigraphy, 2004, International Stratigraphic Chart pdf
Eoarchean era
International Commission on Stratigraphy, 2009, International Stratigraphic Chart pdf
Eoarchean era
Kirschvink, J. L., Gaidos, E. J., Bertani, L. E., Beukes, N. J., Gutzmer, J., Maepa, L. N., and Steinberger, R. E. 2000. Paleoproterozoic snowball earth: Extreme climatic and geochemical global change and its biological consequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 97:1400-1405
Eoarchean era - Paleontology
Mojzsis, S.J., Arrhenius, G., McKeegan, K.D., Harrison, T.M., Nutman, A.P., and Friend, C.R.L., 1996, Evidence for life on Earth before 3,800 million years ago: Nature, v. 384, p. 55–59.
Eoarchean era - Paleontology
Nutman, AP, CRL Friend & VC Bennett (2001), Review of the oldest (4400–3600 Ma) geological and mineralogical record: Glimpses of the beginning. Episodes 24: 93-101.
Archean Geological Time-Scale
Rosing, Minik T. 1999: 13C-Depleted Carbon Microparticles in >n;3700-Ma Sea-Floor Sedimentary Rocks from West Greenland. Science 283: 674-676.
Eoarchean era - Paleontology
Ryder, G (2001), Mass flux during the ancient Lunar bombardment: the cataclysm. Lunar & Planet. Sci. 32: 1326.
Archean Geological Time-Scale
Sankaram, AV (2002), The controversy over early-Archaean microfossils. Current Sci. 83: 15-17.
Archean Geological Time-Scale
Walker, J.D., and Geissman, J.W., compilers, 2009, Geologic Time Scale: Geological Society of America, pdf
Eoarchean era
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