Ancient microbial activity recorded in fracture fillings from granitic rocks (Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory, Sweden)

Geobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 280-297

  Heim, C ^a   Lausmaa, J ^b   Sjovall P ^b   Toporski, J ^c   Dieing, T ^c   Simon, K ^a   Hansen, B T ^a   Kronz, A ^a   Arp, G ^a   Reitner, J ^a   Thiel, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c WITec Wissenschaftliche Instrumente und Technologie GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC COMPOUND; MINERAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; CORROSION; DIORITE; GRANITE; HEAVY METAL; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLARIZATION; SILICON; TRACE FOSSIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; SWEDEN;

CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; FOSSILS; GEOLOGY; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; MINERALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84862207044     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2012.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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