The microbial communities of sulfur caves: A newly appreciated geologically driven system on Earth and potential model for Mars

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 404, Issue , 2006, Pages 331-344

  Boston, Penelope J ^a   Hose, Louise D ^a   Northup, Diana E ^b   Spilde, Michael N ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid speleogenesis; Astrobiology; Extraterrestrial caves; Mars; Microorganisms; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; CAVES; HOT SPRINGS; MICROORGANISMS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFURIC ACID; TRACE ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; DEEP-SEA HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MARS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLANETARY LANDFORM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPELEOLOGY; SULFUR; SULFURIC ACID;

EID: 73949100786     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2404(28)     Document Type: Article

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