Nature and extent of the deep biosphere

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 547-574

  Colwell, Frederick S ^a   D'Hondt, Steven ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOOK-FORWARD; SUBSURFACE BIOSPHERE; SYNTHETIC MODELS;

BIOSPHERICS;

EID: 84879815524     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2013.75.17     Document Type: Article

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