Further evidence of microfossils in carbonaceous chondrites

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3441, Issue , 1998, Pages 203-217

  Hoover, Richard B ^a   Rozanov, Alexei Yu ^b   Zhmur, S I ^c   Gorlenko, V M ^d  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Institute of the Lithosphere of Marginal Seas   (Russian Federation)

^d RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Cyanobacteria; Efremovka; Mete orites; Microfossils; Murchison; Orgueil; Phosphorites

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBON; COMPOSITION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; METEORITES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACES;

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES; MICROFOSSILS; PROKARYOTIC MICROORGANISMS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0038335921     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319839     Document Type: Conference Paper

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