Sedimentary pyrite: A window into the microbial past

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 531-534

  Schieber, Jürgen ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Diagenesis; Fossil record; Preservation; Pyritization

Indexed keywords

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; PYRITES; SEDIMENTS; SULFATE MINERALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICROBIAL PROCESSES;

GEOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; MARS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PRESERVATION; PYRITE;

EID: 84874951099     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0531:SPAWIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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