Microbes play an important role in the alteration of oceanic crust

Chemical Geology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 137-146

  Thorseth, I H ^a   Torsvik, T ^a   Furnes, H ^a   Muehlenbachs, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION; BACTERIA; CARBON CYCLE; ELEMENT EXCHANGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OCEAN CRUST; OCEANIC CRUST; ROCK ALTERATION; SEAWATER;

PACIFIC, (EAST), COSTA RICA RIFT; PACIFIC, COSTA RICA RIFT;

EID: 0029502391     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(95)00114-8     Document Type: Article

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