On the Controversial Biogenicity of the Organic Matter in the Oldest Archean Cherts: Can Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Provide Clues?
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ARCHEAN CHERTS: CAN ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE PROVIDE CLUES? A. Skrzypczak, L. Binet, D. Gourier, S. Derenne and F. Robert. Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75231 Paris cedex 05, France ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]), Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire de Minéralogie, CNRS FRE 32, 61 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France ([email protected]).
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