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Elso S. Barghoorn

Elso S. Barghoorn

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Earth Science

D-Index
41
Citations
6691
World Ranking
5500
National Ranking
2030

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1967 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1945 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Elso S. Barghoorn was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research contributions included work related to natural history specimens, with a focus on collection, identification, and deposition.

Barghoorn's recent publications comprised:

  • Natural history specimens collected and/or identified and deposited., 2023, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Natural history specimens collected and/or identified and deposited., 2023, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

All known publications were featured in the venue Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), indicating a consistent engagement with this platform for disseminating their research data and findings.

The scientist did not have any frequent co-authors recorded.

Barghoorn was recognized by two honors during their career:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1967
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1945

These distinctions highlight an established professional presence within the scientific community. Barghoorn's work primarily revolved around the natural history domain, as reflected in their publications and research focus.

Best Publications

  • Microorganisms from the Gunflint Chert: These structurally preserved Precambrian fossils from Ontario are the most ancient organisms known.

    Elso S. Barghoorn;Stanley A. Tyler

  • Late Quaternary Sea-Level Change and Crustal Rise at Boston, Massachusetts, with Notes on the Autocompaction of Peat

    Clifford A Kaye;Elso S Barghoorn

  • Occurrence of Structurally Preserved Plants in Pre-Cambrian Rocks of the Canadian Shield.

    Stanley A. Tyler;Elso S. Barghoorn

  • Archean Microfossils Showing Cell Division from the Swaziland System of South Africa

    Andrew H. Knoll;Elso S. Barghoorn

  • Microorganisms Three Billion Years Old from the Precambrian of South Africa

    Elso S. Barghoorn;J. William Schopf

  • Alga-Like Fossils from the Early Precambrian of South Africa

    J. William Schopf;Elso S. Barghoorn

  • Silicification of wood

    Richard F. Leo;Elso S. Barghoorn

  • THE GUNFLINT MICROBIOTA

    Stanley M. Awramik;Stanley M. Awramik;Elso S. Barghoorn;Elso S. Barghoorn

  • Paleobiology of a Precambrian Shale: Geology, organic geochemistry, and paleontology are applied to the problem of detection of ancient life.

    Elso S. Barghoorn;Warren G. Meinschein;J. William Schopf

  • Microorganisms from the Late Precambrian of Central Australia

    Elso S. Barghoorn;J. William Schopf

  • On the experimental silicification of microorganisms II. On the time of appearance of eukaryotic organisms in the fossil record

    S. Francis;Lynn Margulis;E.S. Barghoorn

  • Precambrian Eukaryotic Organisms: A Reassessment of the Evidence

    Andrew Herbert Knoll;Elso S. Barghoorn

  • The microbial community in the layered sediments at Laguna Figueroa, Baja California, Mexico: Does it have Precambrian analogues?

    Lynn Margulis;Elso S. Barghoorn;Debra Ashendorf;Sumana Banerjee

  • Hydrocarbons of Biological Origin in Sediments about Two Billion Years Old

    J. Oró;D. W. Nooner;A. Zlatkis;S. A. Wikström

  • The oldest fossils.

    Elso S. Barghoorn

  • Biological Remnants in a Precambrian Sediment

    W. G. Meinschein;E. S. Barghoorn;J. W. Schopf

  • Electron Microscopy of Fossil Bacteria Two Billion Years Old

    J. William Schopf;Elso S. Barghoorn;Morton D. Maser;Robert O. Gordon

  • Interpretation of Microbial Fossils with Special Reference to the Precambrian

    Unknown

  • FOSSIL DICOTYLEDONOUS WOODS FROM YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, II

    Elisabeth Field Wheeler;Richard A Scott;Elso S. Barghoorn

  • The fossil record of the fungi

    Bruce H. Tiffney;Elso S. Barghoorn

  • Freshwater peat on the continental shelf.

    K. O. Emery;R. L. Wigley;Alexandra S. Bartlett;Meyer Rubin

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew H. Knoll
Andrew H. Knoll Harvard University
Lynn Margulis
Lynn Margulis University of Massachusetts Amherst
J. William Schopf
J. William Schopf University of California, Los Angeles
Stanley M. Awramik
Stanley M. Awramik University of California, Santa Barbara
Isaac R. Kaplan
Isaac R. Kaplan University of California, Los Angeles
Harlyn O. Halvorson
Harlyn O. Halvorson Brandeis University
Peter Mazur
Peter Mazur University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Thomas H. Jukes
Thomas H. Jukes University of California, Berkeley
Meyer Rubin
Meyer Rubin United States Geological Survey
Stjepko Golubic
Stjepko Golubic Boston University

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