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Eukaryote-like microfossils from the Archaean of South Africa and their importance for reassessing the early Earth biosphere

2011/01/B/ST10/06479

Keywords:

early life eukaryotes Archaean taphonomy evolution

Descriptors:

  • ST10_13: Geoecosystem: atmosphere-morphosphere-lithosphere, pedosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, anthroposphere
  • ST10_6: Earth evolution, sedimentology, tectonics, regional geology, marine geology, planetary geology
  • ST10_9: Geophysics, geomechanics, geotechnical engineering, engineering geology, mining

Panel:

ST10 - Earth sciences: Earth system science, atmospheric sciences, climatology, geochemistry, geodesy, geoecology, geophysics, physical geography, geoinformatics, planetary geology, pedology, mining, chemical and physical oceanology, environmental protection

Host institution :

Instytut Paleobiologii im. Romana Kozłowskiego PAN

woj. mazowieckie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Józef Kaźmierczak 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 7

Call: OPUS 1 - announced on 2011-03-15

Amount awarded: 142 500 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2011-12-21

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2014-03-20

Project duration:: 27 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (2)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (1)
  1. Tubular microfossils from 2.8 to 2.7 Ga-old lacustrine deposits of South Africa: A sign for early origin of eukaryotes?
    Authors:
    Józef Kazmierczak, Barbara Kremer, Wladyslaw Altermann, Ian Franchi
    Academic press:
    Precambrian Research (rok: 2016, tom: 286, strony: 180-194), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
  2. Calcium in the evolution of living systems: A Biohistorical approach
    Authors:
    Kaźmierczak, J., Kempe, S., Kremer, B.
    Academic press:
    Current Organic Chemistry (rok: 2013, tom: 17, strony: 1738-1750), Wydawca: Bentham Science Publisher
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
  1. Eukaryote-like microfossils from the Neoarchean (~2.7 Ga) Sodium Group (Ventersdorp Supergroup) of South Africa
    Authors:
    Józef Kazmierczak, Barbara Kremer, Wladyslaw Altermann and Ian Franchi
    Book:
    Revealing the biotic diversity of the early earth and the evokution of cyanobacteria and eukaryots (rok: 2013, tom: 1, strony: 44), Wydawca: Nagoya University
    Status:
    Published