Fossils of prokaryotic microorganisms in the Orgueil meteorite

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6309, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hoover, Richard B ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptohalite; Cyanobacteria; Epsomite; Meteorite; Microfossils; Orgueil

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOHALITES; CYANOBACTERIA; EPSOMITES; MICROFOSSILS; ORGUEIL;

BACTERIA; COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

METEORITES;

EID: 33750742514     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.690441     Document Type: Conference Paper

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