We studied twelve late Holocene organic deposits in West-Frisia, The Netherlands. Pollen, spores, non-pollen palynomorphs, mosses, other botanical macrofossils and insect remains were recorded for reconstructions of changing environmental conditions ...
Bas van Geel +8 more
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Microfossils in the Ordovician erratic boulders from Southwestern Finland [PDF]
Chitinozoans, ostracods and acritarchs found in four glacially transported limestone boulders from the south-western coast of Finland have been studied in order to test the usefulness of these microfossil groups in age determinations. Also rare specimens
J. Nõlvak, T. Meidla, A. Uutela
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Tubular microfossils from ∼2.8 to 2.7Ga-old lacustrine deposits of South Africa: A sign for early origin of eukaryotes? [PDF]
Unequivocal evidence for Archean eukaryotic life has been long sought for and is a matter of lively debate. In the absence of unambiguous fossils this debate has focused on biogeochemical signatures and molecular phylogenies.
Altermann, Wladyslaw +3 more
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3.46 Ga Apex chert 'microfossils' reinterpreted as mineral artefacts produced during phyllosilicate exfoliation [PDF]
We acknowledge the facilities, scientific and technical assistance of the Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis Research Facility at: Centre for Microscopy Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia; Electron Microscopy Unit, The ...
Brasier, Alexander +4 more
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Defining biosignatures, i.e. features that are indicative of past or present life, has been one of the major strategies developed over the last few years for the search of life on the early Earth and in the solar system. Current knowledge about microscopic remnants of fossil organisms, namely microfossils are reviewed, focusing on: (i) studies of ...
Javaux, Emmanuelle, Benzerara, karim
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On the deglaciation chronology of the Palivere ice-marginal zone, northern Estonia [PDF]
This paper presents new bio-, litho- and chronostratigraphical evidence from two adjacent sediment sequences of the Tõdva and Saku basins, northern Estonia that refine the age estimate of the Palivere ice-marginal zone and the deglaciation history of ...
L. Saarse +4 more
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Development of freeze-thaw processing technique for disaggregation of indurated mudrocks and enhanced recovery of calcareous microfossils [PDF]
Microfossil extraction from indurated mudrocks is widely acknowledged as challenging, especially for foraminifera. Here we report development of the freeze–thaw extraction method through the addition of rapid heating, detergent and ultrasound stages.
Coe, Angela L., Kennedy, Alice E.
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Extent of the northern Baltic Sea during the Early Palaeozoic Era - new evidence from Ostrobothnia, western Finland [PDF]
This study reports new evidence of the extent of the northern Baltic Sea during the Cambrian and Ordovician periods. A drillcore (DC304) from the Lappajärvi impact crater, western Finland, and erratics from the surrounding area were studied for ...
A. Uutela
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Token Finds At Pre-Pottery Neolighic ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan A Formal And Technological Analysis [PDF]
‘Ain Ghazal is a Neolithic site located near Amman, Jordan. It was excavated between 1982 and 1998 by an American-Jordanian team directed by Gary O. Rollefson, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wa.
Harry, Iceland
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Marine biodiversity in space and time: What tiny fossils tell
Biodiversity has been changing both in space and time. For example, we have more species in the tropics and less species in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, constituting the latitudinal diversity gradient, one of the patterns we can see most ...
Moriaki Yasuhara
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