Magma-to-microbe networks in the context of sulfide hosted microbial ecosystems

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 178, Issue , 2008, Pages 233-258

  Schrenk, Matthew O ^a   Holden, James F ^b   Baross, John A ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 85038565557     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/178GM12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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