Seafloor alteration of basaltic glass: Textures, geochemistry, and endolithic microorganisms

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Kruber, Claudia ^a   Thorseth, Ingunn H ^a   Pedersen, Rolf B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alteration textures; Basaltic glass; Chemical processes; Microorganisms; Palagonite

Indexed keywords

EID: 71249122850     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002119     Document Type: Article

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