Structural and chemical characterization of a natural fracture surface from 2.8 kilometers below land surface: Biofilms in the deep subsurface

Keyphrases

• Mineral Interface 100%
• Natural Fracture 100%
• Chemical Characterization 100%
• Fracture Zone 100%
• Structural Characterization 100%
• Thick Layer 50%
• Mineral-water Interface 50%
• Deep Terrestrial Subsurface 50%
• Conditioning Film 50%
• Water Bearing 50%
• Attached Cells 50%
• Bacterial Exopolysaccharides 50%
• Deep Biosphere 50%
• Republic of South Africa 50%
• Chlorite 50%
• Organic Conditioning 50%
• Witwatersrand Basin 50%
• Exopolysaccharide 50%
• Time-of-flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) 50%
• Irregular Patch 50%
• Organic Coating 50%
• Secondary Minerals 50%
• Chamosite 50%
• Microcolony 50%
• Water Flow 50%

Earth and Planetary Sciences

• Mineral Water 100%
• Fracture Zone 66%
• Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry 33%
• Organic Material 33%
• Secondary Mineral 33%
• Flowing Water 33%
• Chlorite Group 33%

Immunology and Microbiology

• Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry 16%
• Conditioning 16%
• Scanning Electron Microscopy 16%