Abiotic and candidate biotic micro-alteration textures in subseafloor basaltic glass: A high-resolution in-situ textural and geochemical investigation

Chemical Geology

Volumn 410, Issue , 2015, Pages 124-137

  Pedersen, Leif Erik Rydland ^a   McLoughlin, Nicola ^a   Vullum, Per Erik ^b   Thorseth, Ingunn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alteration textures; Biosignatures; FIB TEM (focused ion beam transmission electron microscopy); Volcanic glass; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; BASALT; CARBON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOCUSED ION BEAMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ION BEAMS; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MICROSPHERES; ORGANIC CARBON; TEXTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; ZEOLITES;

BIOSIGNATURES; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; FOCUSED ION BEAM TECHNIQUE; GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; PRESERVATION POTENTIAL; VOLCANIC GLASS;

GLASS;

BIOTIC FACTOR; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; SEAFLOOR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLCANIC GLASS; ZEOLITE;

EID: 84932622770     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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