FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap
The deep biosphere of the ocean crust: biomass, diversity, activity and biogeochemical cycles
Until recently it was generally believed that microbes could only thrive in the Earths surface regions. During the last years, observation of microbes in deep groundwater, oil wells and deep-sea hydrothermal vents, sub-seafloor sediments and oceanic igneo us crust has given increasing evidence fo...
