Mineralized microbes from Giggenbach submarine volcano

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Jones, Brian ^a   de Ronde, C E J ^b   Renaut, Robin W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCCOLITH; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRESERVATION; SILICIFICATION; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; THERMAL SPRING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

KERMADEC ARC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

COCCOIDEA;

EID: 55949096853     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005482     Document Type: Article

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