NASA/TP-209901, Zhengallo, Elena A. and Rozanov, Alexei Yu and Ushatinskaya, Galina T. and Hoover, Richard B. and Gerasimenko, Ludmila M. and Ragozina, Alla L., ATLAS of Microorganisms from Ancient Phosphorites of Khubsugul (Mongolia), Space Science Department, Science Directorate, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812, and Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, February 2000, pp. 171, Format(s): PDF 23212k |
A photographic atlas of scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of Cambrian (Tommotian) microfossils from the phosphorites of Khubsugul Mongolia is presented. SEM images of modern cyanobacteria and bacteria are provided for comparison. The importance of bacterial fossils and morphological biomarkers to astrobiology and the understanding of the origin of phosphorites is considered.
| Keywords: | phosphorites, microfossils, morphological biomarkers, cyanobacteria, khubsugul, bacterial paleontology, astrobiology |
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| Subjects: | Life Sciences: Exobiology: Extra-Terrestrial Life |
| ID Code: | 518 |
| Deposited On: | 30 July 2002 |