Effects of asteroid and comet impacts on habitats for lithophytic organisms - A synthesis

• Main Authors: Cockell, Charles S., Lee, Pascal, Broady, Paul, Lim, Darlene S.S., Osinski, Gordon R., Parnell, John, Koeberl, Christian, Pesonen, Lauri, Salminen, Johanna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Arctic; Nunavut; Cornet
• Online Access: https://oro.open.ac.uk/6777/; http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/arizona/maps/2005/00000040/00000012/art00010

Asteroid and cornet impacts can have a profound influence on the habitats available for lithophytic microorganisms. Using evidence from the Haughton impact structure, Nunavut, Canadian High Arctic, we describe the role of impacts in influencing, the nature of the lithophytic ecological niche. Impact...