Geobiology

Papers
(The TQCC of Geobiology is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Sulfur isotopes of hydrothermal vent fossils and insights into microbial sulfur cycling within a lower Paleozoic (Ordovician‐early Silurian) vent community60
Low oxygen levels with high redox heterogeneity in the late Ediacaran shallow ocean: Constraints from I/(Ca + Mg) and Ce/Ce* of the Dengying Formation, South China34
Iron‐mediated anaerobic ammonium oxidation recorded in the early Archean ferruginous ocean24
Widespread seafloor anoxia during generation of the Ediacaran Shuram carbon isotope excursion23
Contrasting nutrient availability between marine and brackish waters in the late Mesoproterozoic: Evidence from the Paranoá Group, Brazil20
Widespread mineralization of soft‐bodied insects in Cretaceous amber18
The occurrence of 2‐methylhopanoids in modern bacteria and the geological record18
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Contrasting morphology and growth habits of Frutexites in Late Devonian reef complexes of the Canning Basin, northwestern Australia15
An experimental study on post‐mortem dissolution and overgrowth processes affecting coccolith assemblages: A rapid and complex process14
Influences of pH and substrate supply on the ratio of iron to sulfate reduction13
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Copper mobilisation from Cu sulphide minerals by methanobactin: Effect of pH, oxygen and natural organic matter13
Distinguishing cellular from abiotic spheroidal microstructures in the ca. 3.4 Ga Strelley Pool Formation13
White and green rust chimneys accumulate RNA in a ferruginous chemical garden13
Sedimentary pyrite sulfur isotope compositions preserve signatures of the surface microbial mat environment in sediments underlying low‐oxygen cyanobacterial mats12
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Deep water cuspate stromatolites of the Cryogenian Trezona Formation11
Stable carbon isotope values of syndepositional carbonate spherules and micrite record spatial and temporal changes in photosynthesis intensity11
New keratose sponges after the end‐Permian extinction provide insights into biotic recoveries11
Neoproterozoic syn‐glacial carbonate precipitation and implications for a snowball Earth11
Kinetics and mechanisms of cyanobacterially induced precipitation of magnesium silicate10
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Nitrogen‐based symbioses, phosphorus availability, and accounting for a modern world more productive than the Paleozoic10
Dubiofossils from a Mars‐analogue subsurface palaeoenvironment: The limits of biogenicity criteria10
Hydrogeological controls on microbial activity and habitability in the Precambrian continental crust10
A Spatially Restricted Distribution of Thermophilic Endospores in Laptev Sea Shelf Sediments Suggests a Limited Dispersal by Local Geofluids9
Fossil Geyserite and Testate Amoebae in Geothermal Spring Vent Pools: Paleoecology and Variable Preservation Quality in Jurassic Sinter of Patagonia (Deseado Massif, Argentina)9
Physiology, Not Nutrient Availability, May Have Limited Primary Productivity After the Emergence of Oxygenic Photosynthesis9
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Volcanic controls on the microbial habitability of Mars‐analogue hydrothermal environments8
The biogeochemical cycling of chlorine8
An Anaerobic Microbial Community Mediates Epigenetic Native Sulfur and Carbonate Formation During Replacement of Messinian Gypsum at Monte Palco, Sicily8
The role of clay minerals in the preservation of Precambrian organic‐walled microfossils7
Evaluating Serpentinization as a Source of Phosphite to Microbial Communities in Hydrothermal Vents7
Messinian bottom‐grown selenitic gypsum: An archive of microbial life7
Active and dormant microorganisms on glacier surfaces7
Microbial biosignatures in ancient deep‐sea hydrothermal sulfides7
Morphogenesis of digitate structures in hot spring silica sinters of the El Tatio geothermal field, Chile7
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The diagenetic fate of collagen as revealed by analytical pyrolysis of fossil fish scales from deep time6
Nanoscale chemical mapping of exometabolites at fungal–mineral interfaces6
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Hematite‐promoted nitrate‐reducing Fe(II) oxidation by Acidovorax sp. strain BoFeN1: Roles of mineral catalysis and cell encrustation6
The Impact of Early Diagenesis on Biosignature Preservation in Sulfate Evaporites: Insights From Messinian (Late Miocene) Gypsum6
Dynamics of the osmotic lysis of mineral protocells and its avoidance at the origins of life6
Inverse hydrogen isotope fractionation indicates heterotrophic microbial production of long‐chain n‐alkyl lipids in desolate Antarctic ponds6
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Production of diverse brGDGTs by Acidobacterium Solibacter usitatus in response to temperature, pH, and O2 provides a culturing perspective on brGDGT proxies an6
Living in Their Heyday: Iron‐Oxidizing Bacteria Bloomed in Shallow‐Marine, Subtidal Environments at ca. 1.88 Ga6
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Deep subsurface microbial life in impact‐altered Late Paleozoic granitoid rocks from the Chicxulub impact crater6
Carbon cycle dynamics and ecology revealed by the carbon isotopic composition of single organic microfossils during the Late Devonian Biotic Crisis5
Molecular dating of the blood pigment hemocyanin provides new insight into the origin of animals5
Fire activity across Cretaceous/Paleogene transition: Evidence from pyrogenic biomarkers preserved in the Mahadeo‐Cherrapunji section, Meghalaya, India5
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Microbial chemolithotrophic oxidation of pyrite in a subsurface shale weathering environment: Geologic considerations and potential mechanisms5
Organic preservation of vase‐shaped microfossils from the late Tonian Chuar Group, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA5
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The paleoredox context of early eukaryotic evolution: insights from the Tonian Mackenzie Mountains Supergroup, Canada5
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Growth of microaerophilic Fe(II)‐oxidizing bacteria using Fe(II) produced by Fe(III) photoreduction5
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