Microbial biosignature preservation in carbonated serpentine from the Samail Ophiolite, Oman

Microbial biosignature preservation in carbonated serpentine from the Samail Ophiolite, Oman

Detection of material preserved in a mineralized fracture likely indicate microbial remains and dubiofossils and suggests serpentinizing environments can preserve morphological evidence of rock-hosted microbial life, according to analyses of drill core samples from the Samail Ophiolite in Oman.

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Main Authors: Jon Lima-Zaloumis, Anna Neubeck, Magnus Ivarsson, Maitrayee Bose, Rebecca Greenberger, Alexis S. Templeton, Andrew D. Czaja, Peter B. Kelemen, Tomas Edvinsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00551-1

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00551-1

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