Pseudofossils in relict methane seep carbonates resemble endemic microbial consortia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 131-142

  Bailey, Jake V ^a   Raub, Timothy D ^a   Meckler, A Nele ^a   Harrison, Benjamin K ^a   Raub, Theresa M D ^a   Green, Abigail M ^a   Orphan, Victoria J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

AOM; Archaea; Framboids; Greigite; Pyrite; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DIAGENESIS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MAGNETIC MINERAL; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PYRITE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RELICT SPECIES; THIOSULFATE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CALIFORNIA; EEL BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINALES;

EID: 72449149229     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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