Diversity of life in ocean floor basalt

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 194, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 31-37

  Thorseth, I H ^a   Torsvik, T ^a   Torsvik, V ^a   Daae, F L ^a   Pedersen, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alteration; Basalts; Biosphere; Glasses; Microorganisms; Oceanic crust

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

BASALT; BIOACTIVITY; BIOSPHERE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OCEANIC CRUST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; BASALT; BENTHOS; BIOFILM; BIOMOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MORPHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; REGNUM; WATER DEPTH; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0035708175     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00537-4     Document Type: Article

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