Searching for biosignatures in sedimentary rocks from early Earth and Mars

T Bosak, KR Moore, J Gong… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
The recognition of past habitable environments on Mars has increased the urgency to
understand biosignature preservation in and characterize analogues of these environments …

Integrative analysis of the mineralogical and chemical composition of modern microbialites from ten Mexican lakes: What do we learn about their formation?

N Zeyen, K Benzerara, O Beyssac, D Daval… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Interpreting the environmental conditions under which ancient microbialites formed relies
upon comparisons with modern analogues. This is why we need a detailed reference …

A review of microbial‐environmental interactions recorded in Proterozoic carbonate‐hosted chert

KR Moore, M Daye, J Gong, K Williford… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The record of life during the Proterozoic is preserved by several different lithologies, but two
in particular are linked both spatially and temporally: chert and carbonate. These lithologies …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon isotope evidence for large methane emissions to the Proterozoic atmosphere

P Cadeau, D Jézéquel, C Leboulanger, E Fouilland… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Proterozoic Era records two periods of abundant positive carbon isotope
excursions (CIEs), conventionally interpreted as resulting from increased organic carbon …

Core microbial communities of lacustrine microbialites sampled along an alkalinity gradient

M Iniesto, D Moreira, G Reboul… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Microbialites are usually carbonate‐rich sedimentary rocks formed by the interplay of
phylogenetically and metabolically complex microbial communities with their …

Spatiotemporal variations in microbial diversity across the three domains of life in a tropical thalassohaline lake (Dziani Dzaha, Mayotte Island)

M Hugoni, A Escalas, C Bernard, S Nicolas… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Thalassohaline ecosystems are hypersaline environments originating from seawater in
which sodium chloride is the most abundant salt and the pH is alkaline. Studies focusing on …

Biotic and abiotic imprints on Mg-rich stromatolites: Lessons from lake Salda, SW Turkey

N Balci, Y Gunes, J Kaiser, SA On, K Eris… - Geomicrobiology …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Modern hydrated Mg rich stromatolites are actively growing along the shallow shorelines of
Lake Salda (SW Turkey). An integrated approach involving isotopic, mineralogical …

[HTML][HTML] Very Low Phytoplankton Diversity in a Tropical Saline-Alkaline Lake, with Co-dominance of Arthrospira fusiformis (Cyanobacteria) and Picocystis salinarum …

C Bernard, A Escalas, N Villeriot, H Agogué, M Hugoni… - Microbial ecology, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Lake Dziani Dzaha (Mayotte Island, Indian Ocean) is a tropical thalassohaline lake
which geochemical and biological conditions make it a unique aquatic ecosystem …

The Dziani Dzaha Lake: A long‐awaited modern analogue for superheavy pyrites

P Cadeau, P Cartigny, C Thomazo, D Jézéquel… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sedimentary records of superheavy pyrites in Phanerozoic and Proterozoic successions (ie,
extremely positive δ34Spyrite values together with higher δ34Spyrite than coeval δ34SCAS) …

[HTML][HTML] Authigenic clays as precursors to carbonate precipitation in saline lakes of Salar de Llamara, Northern Chile

EP Suosaari, I Lascu, AM Oehlert, P Parlanti… - … earth & environment, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Salar de Llamara, Atacama Desert is host to saline lakes known as Puquios,
which are possible analogs for lakes on early Earth or Mars. Here we examine associations …