Phosphate biomineralization of Cambrian microorganisms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3441, Issue , 1998, Pages 170-176

  McKay, David S ^a   Rozanov, Alexei Yu ^b   Hoover, Richard B ^c   Westall, Frances ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; METEORITES; MICROORGANISMS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BIOMINERALS; FOSSILIZATION; MICROFOSSILS; PHOSPHATE BIOMINERALIZATION; PHOSPHORITES; TERRESTRIAL ORGANISMS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0000538598     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319834     Document Type: Conference Paper

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