Geomicrobiology of a weathering crust from an impact crater and a hypothesis for its formation

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 425-440

  Cockell, Charles S ^a   Kennerley, Niki ^a   Lindstrom, Maurits ^b   Watson, Jonathan ^a   Ragnarsdottir, Vala ^c   Sturkell, Erik ^d   Ott, Sieglinde ^e   Tindle, Andrew G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asteroid; Comet; Lichens; Loftarstone; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; COMET; CRATER; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; LICHEN; WEATHERING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

FUNGI;

EID: 34547973774     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450701436513     Document Type: Article

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