Micro-bioerosion in volcanic glass: Extending the ichnofossil record to Archaean basaltic crust

Current Developments in Bioerosion

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 371-396

  McLoughlin, Nicola ^a   Furnes, Harald ^a   Banerjee, Neil R ^b   Staudigel, Hubert ^c   Muehlenbachs, Karlis ^d   De Wit, Maarten ^e   Van Kranendonk, Martin J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioerosion; Deep biosphere; Ichnofossils; Oceanic crust; Origins of life; Volcanic glass

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; FLOCCULATION; IRON COMPOUNDS; MICROORGANISMS; SILICATES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; VOLCANOES; ZEOLITES;

BIOEROSION; DEEP BIOSPHERE; ICHNOFOSSILS; OCEANIC CRUST; ORIGINS OF LIFE; VOLCANIC GLASS;

GLASS;

EID: 84897742798     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77598-0_19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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