georefid:2002-078391SEDIS Publication Catalogueana.macario@awi.dehttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/informationpointOfContact2011-06-23T00:00:00Zhttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/index.php?id=2002-078391<gco:CharacterString>Endolithic microbial communities in fractures; insights gleaned from mineralized filaments in Cretaceous-age calcite veins in serpentinized peridotites, Iberia abyssal plain</gco:CharacterString>2001-01-01publicationgeorefid:2002-078391Milliken, K. L.University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Austin, TX, United StatesauthorLunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, United StatespublisherdocumentHardcopyIn: Anonymous, Lunar and planetary science, XXXII; Papers presented to the Thirty-second lunar and planetary science conference32The occurrence of diverse mineralized microbial features in calcitized fractures in serpentinized peridotite, Iberia Abyssal Plain, suggests that mineralized fractures are of particular interest in the search for fossil or extant life on Mars.completedStratigraphyIgneous and metamorphic petrologyastrobiologyAtlantic OceanbiomineralizationcalcitecarbonatescommunitiescoresCretaceousendolithic taxafilamentsfracturesIberian abyssal plainLeg 103Leg 149MarsMesozoicmetaigneous rocksmetamorphic rocksmetaperidotitemetasomatismmicroorganismsmorphologyNorth AtlanticNortheast AtlanticOcean Drilling ProgramODP Site 637ODP Site 897ODP Site 899planetspreservationSEM dataserpentinizationsilicatesterrestrial planetsUpper Cretaceousveinsurn:org.iodp:exp:103urnlargerWorkCitationcampaignurn:org.iodp:exp:149urnlargerWorkCitationcampaignurn:org.iodp:exp:103:site:637urnlargerWorkCitationstudyurn:org.iodp:exp:103urnlargerWorkCitationcampaignurn:org.iodp:exp:149:site:897urnlargerWorkCitationstudyurn:org.iodp:exp:149urnlargerWorkCitationcampaignurn:org.iodp:exp:149:site:899urnlargerWorkCitationstudyurn:org.iodp:exp:149urnlargerWorkCitationcampaignEnglishgeoscientificInformation-12.5148-12.160440.462242.0518