Why is the Strelley Pool Chert so important?
the Strelley Pool Chert is unusual among the few possible fossil-bearing rocks of such age because it is widespread and contains abundant, diverse and well preserved material. Therefore the Strelley Pool Chert offers us the best opportunity to resolve the debate about whether life existed in the Early Archaean, and to learn about the nature and habitat of early life. For this reason we decided to conduct a detailed, large-scale investigation of the stromatolites and analyse them against the backdrop of their palaeoenvironmental context.
