Biogenicity of silicified microbes from a hydrothermal system: Relevance to the search for evidence of life on earth and other planets

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 191, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 213-218

  Al Hanbali, Hakam S ^a   Sowerby, Stephen J ^a   Holm, Nils G ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alteration; Bacteria; Mars; Microfossils; Vents

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BACTERIUM; EARLY EARTH; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MARS; MICROFOSSIL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034781674     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00421-6     Document Type: Article

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