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SUBMITTER: Drake H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6802084 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20191018 1
Fractured rocks of impact craters may be suitable hosts for deep microbial communities on Earth and potentially other terrestrial planets, yet direct evidence remains elusive. Here, we present a study of the largest crater of Europe, the Devonian Siljan structure, showing that impact structures can be important unexplored hosts for long-term deep microbial activity. Secondary carbonate minerals dated to 80 ± 5 to 22 ± 3 million years, and thus postdating the impact by more than 300 million years ...[more]