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

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Dec 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003asbio...3..739l&link_type=abstract

Astrobiology, Volume 3, Issue 4, pp. 739-758.

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Geologic Curated Collection, Archean, Western Australia, Early Life On Earth

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The discovery of evidence indicative of life in a Martian meteorite has led to an increase in interest in astrobiology. As a result of this discovery, and the ensuing controversy, it has become apparent that our knowledge of the early development of life on Earth is limited. Archean stratigraphic successions containing evidence of Earth's early biosphere are well preserved in the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia. The craton includes part of a protocontinent consisting of granitoid complexes that were emplaced into, and overlain by, a 3.51-2.94 Ga volcanigenic carapace - the Pilbara Supergroup. The craton is overlain by younger supracrustal basins that form a time series recording Earth history from approximately 2.8 Ga to approximately 1.9 Ga. It is proposed that a well-documented suite of these ancient rocks be collected as reference material for Archean and astrobiological research. All samples would be collected in a well-defined geological context in order to build a framework to test models for the early evolution of life on Earth and to develop protocols for the search for life on other planets.

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