The microbe–mineral environment and gypsum neogenesis in a weathered polar evaporite

• Published in: Geobiology
• Main Authors: Cockell, C. S., Osinski, G. R., Banerjee, N. R., Howard, K. T., Gilmour, I., Watson, J. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Arctic; Devon Island; Nunavut; polar desert
• Online Access: https://oro.open.ac.uk/23256/; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4669.2010.00240.x

Evaporitic deposits are a globally widespread habitat for micro-organisms. The microbe–mineral environment in weathered and remobilized gypsum from exposed mid-Ordovician marine evaporite beds in the polar desert of Devon Island, Nunavut, Canadian High Arctic was examined. The gypsum is characterize...