Experimental abiotic alteration of igneous and manufactured glasses

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 345, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 176-184

  R Fisk, Martin ^a   Crovisier, Jean Louis ^b   Honnorez, José ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Acid etching; Glass hydrolysis; Man made glass; Microbial alteration; Microchannel; Natural basaltic glass; Subsurface microbiology

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; EROSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; GLASS; HYDROLYSIS; IGNEOUS ROCK; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; SEAFLOOR;

EID: 84879845329     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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