Bacterial mineralization patterns in basaltic aquifers: Implications for possible life in martian meteorite ALH84001

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1031-1034

  Thomas Keprta, Kathie L ^a   McKay, David S ^b   Wentworth, Susan J ^a   Stevens, Todd O ^c   Taunton, Anne E ^d   Allen, Carlton C ^a   Coleman, Annette ^e   Gibson Jr , Everett K ^b   Romanek, Christopher S ^f  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; METEORITES; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BASALTIC AQUIFER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; MARTIAN METEORITES; MOST LIKELY; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MINERALOGY;

ALLAN HILLS METEORITE; AQUIFER; BACTERIUM; BASALT; MARTIAN METEORITE; MINERALIZATION;

EID: 84874961347     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<1031:BMPIBA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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