Earth's Earliest Biosphere—A Proposal to Develop a Collection of Curated Archean Geologic Reference Materials

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Astrobiology

• Publication date

  2003-12-01

• Fields of study

  Geology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1089/153110703322736060PMID 14987479
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