Chromite oxidation by manganese oxides in subseafloor basalts and the presence of putative fossilized microorganisms

Geochemical Transactions

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ivarsson, Magnus ^a   Broman, Curt ^b   Holm, Nils G ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHROMITE; FOSSILIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANGANESE OXIDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OXIDATION; PHENOCRYST; SEAMOUNT;

KOKO SEAMOUNT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CHAMAESYCE ATROCOCCA;

EID: 79957792278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14674866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1467-4866-12-5     Document Type: Article

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