In situ analysis of the molecular organic and elemental composition of a 3.33 Ga microbial mat from Barberton

F. Westall (1) , L. Lemelle (2) , A. Simionovici (3) , M. Salome (4) , Y. Marrocchi (5) , F. Foucher (1) , B. Cavalazzi (1) , A. Meibom (5) , F. Robert (5) , S. Mostafaoui (5) , A. Jauss (6) , J. Toporski (2) , L. Laclean (7) , G. Southam (7) , S. Wirick (8) , Sandrine Villette (1) , F. Jamme (9) , P. Dumas (9)

1 CBM - Centre de biophysique moléculaire
2 LST - Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre
3 LGCA - Laboratoire de Géodynamique des Chaines Alpines
4 ESRF - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
5 LMCM - Laboratoire de Minéralogie et Cosmochimie du Muséum
6 WITec
7 Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario
8 Department of Physics and Astronomy [Stony Brook]
9 SSOLEIL - Synchrotron SOLEIL

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

F. Westall, L. Lemelle, A. Simionovici, M. Salome, Y. Marrocchi, et al.. In situ analysis of the molecular organic and elemental composition of a 3.33 Ga microbial mat from Barberton. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement, 2009, 73 (13), pp.A1430. ⟨10.1016/j.gca.2009.05.027⟩. ⟨insu-00447990⟩