Subsurface microbiology and the evolution of the biosphere

The Microbiology of the Terrestrial Deep Subsurface

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 205-224

  Stevens, Todd O ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean; Bacteria; Chemolithotrophic; Exobiology; Hadean; Impact frustration; Microbiology; Origin of life; Precambrian; Rock cycle; Subsurface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860511402     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781351074568     Document Type: Chapter

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