∼1.8 Ga iron-mineralized microbiota from the Gunflint Iron Formation, Ontario, Canada: Implications for Mars

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1268-1273

  Schelble, R T ^a   Westall, F ^b   Allen, C C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Iron mineralized microbiota; Mars

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; IRON; MICROORGANISMS; MINERALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

IRON-RICH BANDS; MICROFOSSILS; ONCOLITIC STRUCTURES; OOID-LIKE STRUCTURES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EXOBIOLOGY; FOSSIL; HEMATITE; MARS; MINERAL DEPOSIT; STROMATOLITE;

EID: 2342577613     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.10.036     Document Type: Article

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