Stable iron isotopes and microbial mediation in red pigmentation of the Rosso Ammonitico (mid-late Jurassic, Verona area, Italy)

Astrobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 841-857

  Préat, Alain R ^a   De Jong, Jeroen T M ^a   Mamet, Bernard L ^a   Mattielli, Nadine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dysaerobic sediments; Hematite; Iron isotopes; Jurassic; Marine limestones

Indexed keywords

HYDROXIDE; IRON; ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MOON; PH; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; X RAY;

EARTH (PLANET); GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROXIDES; IRON; IRON ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOON; TEMPERATURE; X-RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GALLIONELLACEAE;

EID: 54049094094     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2006.0035     Document Type: Article

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