Putative fossil life in a hydrothermal system of the Dellen impact structure, Sweden

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 137-146

  Lindgren, Paula ^a   Ivarsson, Magnus ^a   Neubeck, Anna ^a   Broman, Curt ^a   Henkel, Herbert ^b   Holm, Nils G ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Early Earth; early Mars; hydrothermal system; impact structure; microfossils

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; COLONIZATION; CRATER; EARLY EARTH; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARS; MICROFOSSIL; MICROORGANISM; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77954564047     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S147355041000011X     Document Type: Article

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