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- Title
Pillow lavas as a habitat for microbial life.
- Authors
Furnes, Harald; Banerjee, Neil R.; Staudigel, Hubert; Muehlenbachs, Karlis
- Abstract
The upper oceanic crust consists predominantly of pillow lavas that, soon after their eruption, are colonized by microbes when the ambient temperature ameliorates. During the process of microbial interaction with the glassy rims of pillows several types of bio-traces are generated, of which micro-textures are the most spectacular. Microbial textures are most useful for mapping the depth of the oceanic biosphere, and in the search for the earliest life on Earth.
- Subjects
GEOBIOLOGY; EARTH sciences; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; VOLCANIC soils; LAVA
- Publication
Geology Today, 2007, Vol 23, Issue 4, p143
- ISSN
0266-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2451.2007.00622.x