Subseafloor Biosphere Linked to Hydrothermal Systems: TAIGA Concept
@article{Ishibashi2015SubseafloorBL, title={Subseafloor Biosphere Linked to Hydrothermal Systems: TAIGA Concept}, author={Jun-ichiro Ishibashi and Kyoko Okino and Michinari Sunamura}, journal={Subseafloor Biosphere Linked to Hydrothermal Systems}, year={2015} }
Introduction: concept of TAIGA.- Geochemical constraints on potential biomass sustained by subseafloor water-rock interactions.- Microbial cell densities, community structures, and growth in the hydrothermal plumes of subduction hydrothermal systems.- Systematics of distributions of various elements between ferromanganese oxides and seawater from natural observation, thermodynamics, and structures.- Evaluating hydrothermal system evolution using geochronological dating and biological diversity…
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