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Extreme 13C-depletions and organic sulfur content argue for S-fueled anaerobic methane oxidation in 2.72 Ga old stromatolites

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Kevin Lepot¹, Kevin Lepot², Kenneth H. Williford³, Kenneth H. Williford¹, Pascal Philippot⁴, Pascal Philippot⁵, Christophe Thomazo⁶, Takayuki Ushikubo⁷, Takayuki Ushikubo¹, Kouki Kitajima¹, Smail Mostefaoui⁸, John W. Valley¹ - Show less +8 more•Institutions (8)

University of Wisconsin-Madison¹, Lille University of Science and Technology², California Institute of Technology³, University of Montpellier⁴, Paris Diderot University⁵, Centre national de la recherche scientifique⁶, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology⁷, University of Paris⁸

01 Jan 2019-Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

TL;DR: The extreme 13C-depletions recorded in Neoarchean organic matter (OM) have commonly been interpreted as markers of methanotrophy using oxidants such as dioxygen, sulfate, nitrite/nitrate, and/or Fe3+-and Mn4+minerals as discussed by the authors.

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