Uncovers the Key Role Microbes Play in the Transformation of Oxidizable and Reducible
MineralsMany areas of geomicrobial processes are receiving serious attention from …

Celadonite and glauconite are comparable in terms of physical, chemical and mineralogical
characteristics. Formation of both these minerals requires slightly oxygen-depleted …

Metal-oxidizing bacteria may play a key role in the submarine weathering of volcanic rocks
and the formation of ferromanganese crusts. Putative fossil microbes encrusted in Mn oxide …

Convection of seawater fluids within the oceanic crust, driven by heat from formation of the
crust and lithosphere, has significant effects on the chemistry and physical properties of the …

This study focuses on compositional diversity and origin of green clays within the Late
Cretaceous volcaniclastic horizons (green boles) in Deccan volcanics based on …

Recent analyses from the Curiosity rover at Yellowknife Bay (Gale crater, Mars) show
sedimentary rocks deposited in a lacustrine environment and containing smectite clays …

The incipient alteration of basaltic glass to palagonite in recent seafloor lavas from the arctic
Mohns Ridge was studied by complimentary high-spatial-resolution geochemical …

Green authigenic mica, ie, celadonite, is commonly associated with submarine alteration of
basic igneous rock. However, very few studies have reported the formation of celadonite …

There are numerous indications that subseafloor basalts may currently host a huge quantity
of active microbial cells and contain biosignatures of ancient life in the form of physical and …

The effect of alteration phases on the Pb-isotope systematics of weakly altered basalts from
two major ocean islands (Hawaii and Kerguelen) was investigated using scanning electron …