Mineral-microbe interactions in deep-sea hydrothermal systems: A challenge for Raman spectroscopy

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1922, 2010, Pages 3067-3086

  Breier, J A ^a   White, S N ^a   German, C R ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal; Mineralogy; Optical instruments; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; METASTABLE PHASES; MICROORGANISMS; MINERALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

DEEP SEA; EXPERIMENTAL APPLICATION; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROTHERMAL MINERALS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LASER RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL PROCESS; MICROBIAL SPECIES; MINERAL IDENTIFICATION; MINERAL PHASIS; RAMAN SYSTEMS; SPECIATION MEASUREMENTS; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE; TURBULENT MIXING;

UNDERWATER MINERAL RESOURCES;

MINERAL;

HEAT; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SEA;

HOT TEMPERATURE; LASERS; MICROBIOLOGY; MINERALS; OCEANS AND SEAS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 77955196231     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0024     Document Type: Review

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