The nano-scale anatomy of a complex carbon-lined microtube in volcanic glass from the ~92Ma Troodos Ophiolite, Cyprus

Chemical Geology

Volumn 363, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Wacey, D ^a,b   McLoughlin, N ^a   Saunders, M ^b   Kong, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microtubes; Pillow basalt; SEM; TEM; Trace fossils; Troodos Ophiolite

Indexed keywords

FOCUSED ION BEAM MILLING; MICRO-TUBES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SUB-SEAFLOOR BIOSPHERE; SURFACE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; TRACE FOSSILS; TROODOS OPHIOLITE;

BACTERIA; BASALT; CARBON; CLAY MINERALS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; FOCUSED ION BEAMS; GLASS; GROUNDWATER; IRON COMPOUNDS; LININGS; MAGNESIUM; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLCANOES;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ANATOMY; CRETACEOUS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PILLOW LAVA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRACE FOSSIL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLCANIC GLASS;

CYPRUS; LIMASSOL; TROODOS OPHIOLITE;

EID: 84888048409     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.10.028     Document Type: Article

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