Deep biosphere record of in situ oceanic lithosphere and ophiolites

Elements

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-126

  Staudigel, Hubert ^a   Furnes, Harald ^b   Smits, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deep oceanic biosphere; Geomicrobiology; Glass bioalteration; Oligotrophic volcanic ecosystem

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GLASS; TEXTURES; VOLCANOES;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CRUSTAL BIOSPHERE; DEEP OCEANIC BIOSPHERE; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; GREENSTONE BELTS; HYALOCLASTITES; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; VOLCANIC GLASS;

BIOSPHERICS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOSPHERE; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; GREENSTONE BELT; HYALOCLASTITE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OPHIOLITE; PILLOW LAVA; SEAFLOOR; TRACE FOSSIL; VOLCANIC GLASS;

EID: 84901320625     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.10.2.121     Document Type: Article

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