Ian Foster

Microbial life and biogeochemical cycling on land 3,220 million years ago

Martin Homann, Pierre Sansjofre, Mark van Zuilen et al. · Nature Geoscience · 2018 · 159 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +16

Massive formation of early diagenetic dolomite in the Ediacaran ocean: Constraints on the “dolomite problem”

Biao Chang, Chao Li, Deng Liu et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020 · 146 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +17

Gypsum-Permineralized Microfossils and Their Relevance to the Search for Life on Mars

J. William Schopf, Jack D. Farmer, Ian Foster et al. · Astrobiology · 2012 · 81 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Geology, Paleontology +15

Post-depositional REE mobility in a Paleoarchean banded iron formation revealed by La-Ce geochronology: A cautionary tale for signals of ancient oxygenation

Pierre Bonnand, Stefan V. Lalonde, Maud Boyet et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2020 · 57 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +17

Characterization of halophiles in natural MgSO4 salts and laboratory enrichment samples: Astrobiological implications for Mars

Ian Foster, P. L. King, B. C. Hyde et al. · Planetary and Space Science · 2009 · 43 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Microbiology +15