Sulfur isotope signatures for rapid colonization of an impact crater by thermophilic microbes

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-274

  Parnell, John ^a   Boyce, Adrian ^b   Thackrey, Scott ^a   Muirhead, David ^a   Lindgren, Paula ^c   Mason, Charles ^d   Taylor, Colin ^a   Still, John ^a   Bowden, Stephen ^a   Osinski, Gordon R ^e   Lee, Pascal ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH ARCTIC; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IMPACT CRATERS; IMPACT STRUCTURES; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; JAROSITES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL LIFE; RAPID COLONIZATION; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFIDE MINERALIZATION; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ISOTOPES;

SULFUR;

BEDROCK; DETECTION METHOD; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IMPACT STRUCTURE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; JAROSITE; MARS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; PYRITE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR ISOTOPE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 77951972860     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30615.1     Document Type: Article

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