The Underground Economy (Energetic Constraints of Subseafloor Life)

Developments in Marine Geology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-148

  D'Hondt, Steven ^a   Wang, Guizhi ^b   Spivack, Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Deep biosphere; Energetics; Marine sediment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84919474248     PISSN: 15725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-62617-2.00005-0     Document Type: Chapter

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