Palaeontology - Respect for stromatolites

被引：23

作者：

Awramik, SM ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Earth Sci, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA

来源：

NATURE | 2006年 / 441卷 / 7094期

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D O I：

10.1038/441700a

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Is it time to stop worrying over whether the ancient structures called stromatolites are of microbial origin? ‘Yes’ is the answer to emerge from field and lab work on a 3,430-million-year-old marine ecosystem.

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页码：700 / 701

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