Fluid inclusions as a tool to constrain the preservation conditions of sub-seafloor cryptoendoliths

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-490

  Ivarsson, M ^a   Broman, C ^a   Lindblom, S ^a   Holm, N G ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deep biosphere; Fluid inclusions; Fossilized microorganisms; Hydrothermal systems

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERICS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FLUIDS; GYPSUM; INCLUSIONS; MINERALOGY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

DEEP BIOSPHERE; DETROIT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXTS; FLUID INCLUSIONS; FOSSILIZED MICROORGANISMS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; MICRO-FOSSILS; MINERAL PHASIS; PACIFIC OCEANS; PRESERVATION CONDITIONS; SALT COMPOSITIONS; SUB-SEAFLOOR; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

MICROORGANISMS;

EID: 63749114811     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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