Data Publication

Metal and organic carbon abundances of rock samples from a 3.47 billion year old stromatolite horizon in the Mount Ada Basalt, Western Australia

Stüeken, Eva E | Prave, Anthony R | O’Connor, Liam | Kaempf, Jonas | Clarke, Anthony | Johnson, Tim E | Kirkland, Christopher L

NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre

(2025)

Descriptions

The dataset includes abundances of major, minor and trace elements, as well as abundances and isotopic ratios of organic carbon, of rock samples from a stromatolite-bearing horizon in the Mount Ada Basalt in the Pilbara Craton in Western Australia, 3.47 Ga. The section contains the oldest known large domal stromatolites. The data indicate hydrothermal nutrient sources and limited influx of felsic detrital material.

Keywords

MSL enriched keywords
Precambrian
Archean
Paleoarchean
igneous rock - extrusive
basic extrusive
basalt
minerals
chemical elements
carbon
measured property
carbon (C)
organic carbon
intraplate setting
cratonisation
craton
analysis
microchemical analysis
trace elements
whole rock analysis
trace elements
MSL vocabulary keywords corresponding to originally assigned keywords
Paleoarchean
Originally assigned keywords
stromatolites
Mount Ada Basalt
Paleoarchean
hydrothermal vents

Metadata


MSL enriched sub domains

geochemistry

Source

https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/nationalgeosciencedatacentre/citeddata/catalogue/48e29b82-21a1-4a47-a578-00410a2918ed.html

Source publisher

NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre

DOI

10.5285/48e29b82-21a1-4a47-a578-00410a2918ed

Creators

Stüeken, Eva E
Personal
University of St Andrews
Prave, Anthony R
Personal
University of St Andrews
O’Connor, Liam
Personal
Curtin University
Kaempf, Jonas
Personal
Curtin University
Clarke, Anthony
Personal
Curtin University
Johnson, Tim E
Personal
Curtin University
Kirkland, Christopher L
Personal
Curtin University

Citation

Stüeken, E. E., Prave, A. R., O’Connor, L., Kaempf, J., Clarke, A., Johnson, T. E., & Kirkland, C. L. (2025). Metal and organic carbon abundances of rock samples from a 3.47 billion year old stromatolite horizon in the Mount Ada Basalt, Western Australia [Dataset]. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/48E29B82-21A1-4A47-A578-00410A2918ED


Dates

Available 2025-10-09

Language

- no language entry found -


Funding References

Funder Name Natural Environment Research Council
Funder Identifier https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000270
Award Number NE/V010824/1
Award Title Did hydrothermal vents push the frontiers of habitability on the early Earth?

Locations


Geo location(s)

Western Australia, Australia


Spatial coordinates