Impact-induced microbial endolithic habitats

• Published in: Meteoritics & Planetary Science
• Main Authors: Cockell, Charles S., Lee, Pascal, Osinski, Gordon, Horneck, Gerda, Broady, Paul
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Meteoritical Society 2002
• Subjects: Biology and Microbiology; Ecology and Environment; Earth Sciences; Arctic; Canada; Devon Island; Nunavut; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/13212/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2002.tb01029.x/pdf

Asteroid and comet impacts on Earth are commonly viewed as agents of ecosystem destruction, be it on local or global scales. However, for some microbial communities, impacts may represent an opportunity for habitat formation as some substrates are rendered more suitable for colonization when process...