Bacterial mineralization patterns in basaltic aquifers: Implications for possible life in martian meteorite ALH84001: Comment

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 669-

  Folk, Robert L ^a   Lynch, F Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; BACTERIUM; BASALT; MARS; METEORITE; MINERALIZATION;

EID: 0010377337     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0669:BMPIBA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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