Potential fossil endoliths in vesicular pillow basalt, coral patch seamount, Eastern North Atlantic Ocean

Astrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 619-632

  Cavalazzi, Barbara ^a,b   Westall, Frances ^b   Cady, Sherry L ^c   Barbieri, Roberto ^d   Foucher, Frédéric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fossil microbes; Microhabitat; Vesicular pillow basalt

Indexed keywords

SILICATE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASALT; CHEMISTRY; FOSSIL; MICROBIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EARTH (PLANET); FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PALEONTOLOGY; SILICATES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80053027127     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0657     Document Type: Article

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