Browsing Research Publications and Outputs by subject "040300"
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In search of early life: Carbonate veins in Archean metamorphic rocks as potential hosts of biomarkers
Published 2016-11-01The detection of early life signatures using hydrocarbon biomarkers in Precambrian rocks struggles with contamination issues, unspecific biomarkers and the lack of suitable sedimentary rocks due to extensive thermal ...Article -
The Late Cretaceous to recent tectonic history of the Pacific Ocean basin
Published 2016-03-01A vast ocean basin has spanned the region between the Americas, Asia and Australasia for well over 100 Myr, represented today by the Pacific Ocean. Its evolution includes a number of plate fragmentation and plate capture ...Article -
Oceanic microplate formation records the onset of India-Eurasia collision
Published 2016-01-01Mapping of seafloor tectonic fabric in the Indian Ocean, using high-resolution satellite-derived vertical gravity gradient data, reveals an extinct Pacific-style oceanic microplate ('Mammerickx Microplate') west of the ...Article