Subseafloor Ocean Crust Microbial Observatories: Development of FLOCS (FLow-through Osmo Colonization System) and Evaluation of Borehole Construction Materials

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-157

  Orcutt, Beth ^a   Wheat, C Geoffrey ^b   Edwards, Katrina J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycling; Biomineralization; Deep biosphere; Iron oxidation; Molecular ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOSPHERE; BOREHOLE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; OCEANIC CRUST; OXIDATION; SEAWATER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77949554772     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450903456772     Document Type: Article

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