Archean Environmental Studies: the Habitat of Early Life (ArchEnviron)

2007 Exchange Grants

Ref.ApplicantHost InstitutePlanned Starting month / lengthProject Title
EG/1751A. Spadafora (IT) ETH Zentrum, Zürich (CH)

November
(12 wks)

Studying the biogenicity of microfossils in the Archean cherty/dolomitic stromatolites (Pilbara Craton - Warrawoona Group)

EG/1242 B. Cavalazzi (IT)CNRS - Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Orléans (FR)  September (3 wks)Sulphate microbial ecosystem fueled by leaching of archean sulphur spring group  
EG/1458  I. Kerr Pitcairn (UK)  Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble (FR) June (8 wks)Seafloor alteration of ocean crust in the Archean: Hydrothermal fluids and the emergence of life 
EG/1453  A. Spadafora (IT)  ETH Zentrum, Zürich (CH)
June (12 wks)Study of Biomineralization Processes in Modern, Triassic and Archean Stromatolites 
EG/1452      A. Herrera (FR)Geobiologie Universität, Göttingen (DE)  April (2 wks)FISH method development to localize bacteria in volcanic rock samples
EG/1327  B. Alexander (US)  Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm (SE)
March (12 wks)Trace element solute fluxes to shallow Archean seawater and the relative impact of continentally-derived solute sources 

2007 Short Visits

Ref.ApplicantHost InstituteWhen?Project Title
 SV/1905B. Orberger (DE)University of Western Ontario (CA)August (10 days)Archean Symposium