Beghin, Jérémie ; Université de Liège > Département de géologie > Paléobiogéologie - Paléobotanique - Paléopalynologie (PPP)
Storme, Jean-Yves
Blanpied, Christian
Gueneli, Nur
Brocks, Jochen
Poulton, Simon
Javaux, Emmanuelle ; Université de Liège > Département de géologie > Paléobiogéologie - Paléobotanique - Paléopalynologie (PPP)
Language :
English
Title :
Microfossils from the late Mesoproterozoic – early Neoproterozoic Atar/El Mreïti Group, Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania, northwestern Africa
Publication date :
April 2017
Journal title :
Precambrian Research
ISSN :
0301-9268
Publisher :
Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volume :
291
Pages :
63-82
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
European Projects :
FP7 - 308074 - ELITE - Early Life Traces, Evolution, and Implications for Astrobiology
Funders :
ERC - European Research Council BELSPO - Belgian Science Policy Office ARC - Australian Research Council EU - European Union
Funding text :
Research support from BELSPO IAP PLANET TOPERS to J. Beghin (PhD scholarship) and E.J. Javaux (PI), and European Research Council (ERC) Stg ELiTE FP7/308074 to J.-Y. Storme (postdoc fellowship) and E.J. Javaux (PI) are gratefully acknowledged. J.J. Brocks acknowledges support from the Australian Research Council (DP1095247). We thank Total S.A. and Jean-Pierre Houzay for access to cores for sampling, M. Giraldo (ULg) for sample preparation, and three anonymous reviewers for constructive comments
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