Iron microbial mats in modern and phanerozoic environments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7097, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Baele, Jean Marc ^a   Bouvain, Frédéric ^b   De Jong, Jeroen ^c   Matielli, Nadine ^c   Papier, Séverine ^a   Préat, Alain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biosignatures; Diagenesis; Fe isotopes; Iron microbial mat; Morphology; Phanerozoic

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOSIGNATURES; CASE STUDIES; DIAGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROXIES; EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIVES; FE ISOTOPES; IRON ISOTOPES; IRON MINERALS; MICROBIAL MATS; MORPHO-LOGIES; PHANEROZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; ROCK TYPES; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS;

IRON DEPOSITS;

EID: 55549124186     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.801597     Document Type: Conference Paper

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