Molecular evidence for a microbial role in ooid formation and preservation of molecular biosignatures in ancient oolite
Shane Stephen O'Reilly1, Amelia Winter2, Sharon A Newman3, Sara B Pruss4, Giulio Mariotti5, Tanja Bosak6, Vanja Klepac-Ceraj2, Frank Patrick McDermott7 and Roger E Summons3, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, United States, (3)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (4)Smith College, Geosciences, Northampton, MA, United States, (5)Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Science, Baton Rouge, United States, (6)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, United States, (7)University College Dublin, UCD School of Earth Sciences, Belfield, Dublin 4, Dublin, Ireland
