Elongated prismatic magnetite crystals in ALH84001 carbonate globules: Potential Martian magnetofossils

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 4049-4081

  Thomas Keprta, Kathie L ^a   Bazylinski, Dennis A ^b   Kirschvink, Joseph L ^c   Clemett, Simon J ^a   McKay, David S ^d   Wentworth, Susan J ^a   Vali, Hojatollah ^e   Gibson Jr , Everett K ^d   Romanek, Christopher S ^f  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IRON; MAGNETITE; OXIDE;

ALLAN HILLS METEORITE; EXOBIOLOGY; MAGNETITE; MARTIAN METEORITE; METEORITE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOSSIL; MAGNETISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE; SEDIMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBONATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EXOBIOLOGY; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; MAGNETICS; MARS; METEOROIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXIDES; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE;

EID: 0034523238     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(00)00481-6     Document Type: Article

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