Evidence for cryptoendolithic life in Devonian pillow basalts of Variscan orogens, Germany

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 283, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 120-125

  Eickmann, B ^a   Bach, W ^a   Kiel, S ^b   Reitner, J ^c   Peckmann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptoendoliths; Microbial clay authigenesis; Pillow basalt; Saxothuringian zone

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENESIS; BASALT; DEVONIAN; ENDOLITHON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; OCEANIC CRUST; PROKARYOTE; SEAFLOOR; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 70350564309     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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