Neil Banerjee
Associate Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario
Canada
Biography
Neil Banerjee Associate Professor of the department of Earth Sciences at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Research Interest
Stable isotope biogeochemistry; Microbial alteration of modern and ancient oceanic crust; Evidence for early life on Earth; Formation and evolution of oceanic crust; Geochemical cycling at mid-ocean ridges; Formation of massive sulfide deposits at mid-ocean ridges; The origin and emplacement of ophiolites; Astrobiology.
Publications
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Furnes H, Banerjee NR, Muehlenbachs K, Staudigel H, de Wit M. Early life recorded in Archean pillow lavas. Science. 2004 Apr 23;304(5670):578-81.
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Banerjee NR, Furnes H, Muehlenbachs K, Staudigel H, de Wit M. Preservation of∼ 3.4–3.5 Ga microbial biomarkers in pillow lavas and hyaloclastites from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2006 Jan 31;241(3):707-22.
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Wilson DS, Teagle DA, Alt JC, Banerjee NR, Umino S, Miyashita S, Acton GD, Anma R, Barr SR, Belghoul A, Carlut J. Drilling to gabbro in intact ocean crust. science. 2006 May 19;312(5776):1016-20.
