Life in the hydrated suboceanic mantle

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-137

  Ménez, Bénédicte ^a   Pasini, Valerio ^a,b   Brunelli, Daniele ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; HYDRATION; HYDROSPHERE; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIPID; MANTLE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUCLEIC ACID; OCEANIC CRUST; PERIDOTITE; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEAFLOOR; SERPENTINE; SOLID EARTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 84856710024     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1359     Document Type: Article

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