Preserved carbon isotope compositions in 3.7 billion year old detrital organic matter from the Isua Supracrustal Belt

Abstract Graphite found along contiguous horizons in the metamorphosed detrital sediments from the ≥ 3.7 Ga Isua Supracrustal Belt in Southwest Greenland may represent the oldest remains of life on Earth. Here, we examine the carbon isotope compositions of graphite occurring in situ as inclusions in...

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Main Authors: Magnus A. R. Harding, Austin Jarl Boyd, Jeffrey T. Osterhout, Elizabeth A. Bell, Nozomi Matsuda, Minik T. Rosing, Tue Hassenkam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-03-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02215-2
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