A fresh look at the fossil evidence for early Archaean cellular life M Brasier, N McLoughlin, O Green, D Wacey Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 361 …, 2006 | 301 | 2006 |
Critical testing of Earth's oldest putative fossil assemblage from the∼ 3.5 Ga Apex chert, Chinaman Creek, Western Australia MD Brasier, OR Green, JF Lindsay, N McLoughlin, A Steele, C Stoakes Precambrian Research 140 (1-2), 55-102, 2005 | 254 | 2005 |
3.5 billion years of glass bioalteration: Volcanic rocks as a basis for microbial life? H Staudigel, H Furnes, N McLoughlin, NR Banerjee, LB Connell, ... Earth-Science Reviews 89 (3-4), 156-176, 2008 | 200 | 2008 |
Growth of synthetic stromatolites and wrinkle structures in the absence of microbes–implications for the early fossil record N McLoughlin, LA Wilson, MD Brasier Geobiology 6 (2), 95-105, 2008 | 152 | 2008 |
Defining biominerals and organominerals: direct and indirect indicators of life RS Perry, N Mcloughlin, BY Lynne, MA Sephton, JD Oliver, CC Perry, ... Sedimentary Geology 201 (1-2), 157-179, 2007 | 150 | 2007 |
On biogenicity criteria for endolithic microborings on early Earth and beyond N McLoughlin, MD Brasier, D Wacey, OR Green, RS Perry Astrobiology 7 (1), 10-26, 2007 | 139 | 2007 |
The problem of deep carbon—an Archean paradox JF Lindsay, MD Brasier, N McLoughlin, OR Green, M Fogel, A Steele, ... Precambrian Research 143 (1-4), 1-22, 2005 | 116 | 2005 |
Comparing petrographic signatures of bioalteration in recent to Mesoarchean pillow lavas: Tracing subsurface life in oceanic igneous rocks H Furnes, NR Banerjee, H Staudigel, K Muehlenbachs, N McLoughlin, ... Precambrian Research 158 (3-4), 156-176, 2007 | 110 | 2007 |
Taphonomy of very ancient microfossils from the∼ 3400 Ma Strelley Pool Formation and∼ 1900 Ma Gunflint Formation: New insights using a focused ion beam D Wacey, S Menon, L Green, D Gerstmann, C Kong, N Mcloughlin, ... Precambrian Research 220, 234-250, 2012 | 101 | 2012 |
Two coexisting sulfur metabolisms in a ca. 3400 Ma sandstone D Wacey, N McLoughlin, MJ Whitehouse, MR Kilburn Geology 38 (12), 1115-1118, 2010 | 96 | 2010 |
Tubular compression fossils from the Ediacaran Nama group, Namibia PA Cohen, A Bradley, AH Knoll, JP Grotzinger, S Jensen, J Abelson, ... Journal of Paleontology 83 (1), 110-122, 2009 | 84 | 2009 |
Ichnotaxonomy of microbial trace fossils in volcanic glass N McLoughlin, H Furnes, NR Banerjee, K Muehlenbachs, H Staudigel Journal of the Geological Society 166 (1), 159-169, 2009 | 80 | 2009 |
Nanoscale analysis of pyritized microfossils reveals differential heterotrophic consumption in the∼ 1.9-Ga Gunflint chert D Wacey, N McLoughlin, MR Kilburn, M Saunders, JB Cliff, C Kong, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (20), 8020-8024, 2013 | 79 | 2013 |
Mechanisms of microtunneling in rock substrates: distinguishing endolithic biosignatures from abiotic microtunnels N McLoughlin, H Staudigel, H Furnes, B Eickmann, M Ivarsson Geobiology 8 (4), 245-255, 2010 | 78 | 2010 |
Use of NanoSIMS in the search for early life on Earth: ambient inclusion trails in a c. 3400 Ma sandstone D Wacey, MR Kilburn, N McLoughlin, J Parnell, CA Stoakes, ... Journal of the Geological Society 165 (1), 43-53, 2008 | 71 | 2008 |
Oceanic pillow lavas and hyaloclastites as habitats for microbial life through time–a review H Furnes, N McLoughlin, K Muehlenbachs, N Banerjee, H Staudigel, ... Links Between Geological Processes, Microbial Activities&Evolution of Life …, 2008 | 64 | 2008 |
Reassessing the biogenicity of Earth’s oldest trace fossil with implications for biosignatures in the search for early life EG Grosch, N McLoughlin Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (23), 8380-8385, 2014 | 62 | 2014 |
Ultrastructural heterogeneity of carbonaceous material in ancient cherts: investigating biosignature origin and preservation Y Qu, A Engdahl, S Zhu, V Vajda, N McLoughlin Astrobiology 15 (10), 825-842, 2015 | 61 | 2015 |
P–T Constraints on the Metamorphic Evolution of the Paleoarchean Kromberg Type-Section, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa EG Grosch, O Vidal, T Abu-Alam, N McLoughlin Journal of Petrology 53 (3), 513-545, 2012 | 58 | 2012 |
Paleoarchean detrital zircon ages from the earliest tectonic basin in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, Kaapvaal craton, South Africa EG Grosch, J Kosler, N McLoughlin, K Drost, J Slama, RB Pedersen Precambrian Research 191 (1-2), 85-99, 2011 | 56 | 2011 |