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    EBo
    Feb 06, 2017
      ·  Edited: Feb 06, 2017

    Stromatoliti di Strelley Pool

    in Precambrian Area

    A Rare Glimpse of Paleoarchean Life: Geobiology of an Exceptionally Preserved Microbial Mat Facies from the 3.4 Ga Strelley Pool Formation, Western Australia


    Un nuovo lavoro sulle strutture stromatolitiche australiane datate a 3.4 miliardi di anni è stato pubblicato in questi giorni sulla rivista PlosOne. Queste strutture sedimentarie sono state a lungo oggetto di dibattito in quanto la loro origine poteva essere legata anche a fenomeni sedimentari a-biogenici, quindi non testimonianti la presenza di vita nel PaleoArcheano. Nuovi studi hanno messo in evidenza la presenza di mineralizzazioni e strutture che confermano invece la presenza delle strutture algali come origine delle strutture sedimentarie domiformi che si rinvengono in questo settore dell'Australia.

    Di seguito un esemplare proveniente dal sito di Strelley Pool, segue l'abstract (in inglese) ed il link presso cui scaricare il lavoro gratuitamente.


    Abstract

    Paleoarchean rocks from the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia provide a variety of clues to the existence of early life on Earth, such as stromatolites, putative microfossils and geochemical signatures of microbial activity. However, some of these features have also been explained by non-biological processes. Further lines of evidence are therefore required to convincingly argue for the presence of microbial life. Here we describe a new type of microbial mat facies from the 3.4 Ga Strelley Pool Formation, which directly overlies well known stromatolitic carbonates from the same formation. This microbial mat facies consists of laminated, very fine-grained black cherts with discontinuous white quartz layers and lenses, and contains small domical stromatolites and wind-blown crescentic ripples. Light- and cathodoluminescence microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and time of flight—secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) reveal a spatial association of carbonates, organic material, and highly abundant framboidal pyrite within the black cherts. Nano secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS) confirmed the presence of distinct spheroidal carbonate bodies up to several tens of μm that are surrounded by organic material and pyrite. These aggregates are interpreted as biogenic. Comparison with Phanerozoic analogues indicates that the facies represents microbial mats formed in a shallow marine environment. Carbonate precipitation and silicification by hydrothermal fluids occurred during sedimentation and earliest diagenesis. The deciphered environment, as well as the δ13C signature of bulk organic matter (-35.3‰), are in accord with the presence of photoautotrophs. At the same time, highly abundant framboidal pyrite exhibits a sulfur isotopic signature (δ34S = +3.05‰; Δ33S = 0.268‰; and Δ36S = -0.282‰) that is consistent with microbial sulfate reduction. Taken together, our results strongly support a microbial mat origin of the black chert facies, thus providing another line of evidence for life in the 3.4 Ga Strelley Pool Formation.

    Fig 3. Field observations of the black chert facies.

    (A) Laminated and stromatolitic carbonates (Member II of the Strelley Pool Formation) below the black chert facies. (B-E) Characteristics of the black chert facies include fenestral fabrics (B), intercalated cm-high stromatolitic layers (C) that locally show ductile deformation (dashed line in D), as well as small-scaled cm-sized cross lamination (E). (F) Conglomerate (Member IV of the Strelley Pool Formation) above the black chert facies.

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147629.g003


    Link: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0147629

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