Alteration of a Submarine Basaltic Glass under Environmental Conditions Conducive for Microorganisms: Growth Patterns of the Microbial Community and Mechanism of Palagonite Formation

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 813-834

  Dultz, Stefan ^a   Boy, Jens ^a   Dupont, Christoph ^a   Halisch, Matthias ^b   Behrens, Harald ^a   Welsch, Anna Maria ^a   Erdmann, Martin ^a   Cramm, Sandra ^c   Helsch, Gundula ^c   Deubener, Joachim ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

alteration mechanism; basaltic glass; biogenic weathering; palagonite formation

Indexed keywords

BASALT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; MORPHOLOGY; PALAGONITE; WEATHERING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 84907451563     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2014.897774     Document Type: Article

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