Preservation of Terrestrial Microorganisms and Organics Within Alteration Products of Chondritic Meteorites from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia

Preservation of Terrestrial Microorganisms and Organics Within Alteration Products of Chondritic Meteorites from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia

Meteorites that fall to Earth quickly become contaminated with terrestrial microorganisms. These meteorites are out of chemical equilibrium in the environments where they fall, and equilibration promotes formation of low-Temperature alteration minerals that can entomb contaminant microorganisms and...

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Main Authors: Tait, A.W., Wilson, S.A., Tomkins, A.G., Hamilton, J.L., Gagen, E.J., Holman, Alex, Grice, Kliti, Preston, L.J., Paterson, D.J., Southam, G.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC 2022
Subjects:
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Biology
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
Geology
Astrobiology
Nullarbor
Mars analogue
Meteorites
Biomarker preservation
Chasmoendoliths
Microfossils
Pyrolysis
Synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microscopy
CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES
ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION
WEATHERING PRODUCTS
IRON-METEORITES
ROCK-VARNISH
MATTER
SULFUR
LIFE
CLASSIFICATION
MICROFOSSILS
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE150100770
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90148

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http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE150100770
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90148

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