A combined TEM and NanoSIMS study of endolithic microfossils in altered seafloor basalt

Chemical Geology

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 154-162

  McLoughlin, N ^a   Wacey, D ^b   Kruber, C ^a   Kilburn, M R ^b   Thorseth, I H ^a   Pedersen, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basaltic glass; Endolithic microorganisms; Manganese; NanoSIMS; Palagonite

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC GLASS; BIOSIGNATURES; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; COLONISATION; ELEMENTAL MAPPING; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ELONGATED PORES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; GEOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; IN-SITU; MICRO-SCALES; MICROBIAL CELLS; MICROFOSSILS; MICROPORES; MINERALISATION; NANO SCALE; NANOSIMS; PALAGONITE; SEA FLOOR; TEM-EDS; VOLCANIC GLASS;

BASALT; GLASS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROORGANISMS; MICROPOROSITY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

MANGANESE;

BASALT; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; MANGANESE; MICROFOSSIL; MICROORGANISM; PALAGONITE; SEAFLOOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLCANIC GLASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; MOHNS RIDGE; NORWEGIAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80053131813     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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