The effects of meteorite impacts on the availability of bioessential elements for endolithic organisms

• Published in: Meteoritics & Planetary Science
• Main Authors: Pontefract, Alexandra, Osinski, Gordon R., Lindgren, Paula, Parnell, John, Cockell, Charles S., Southam, Gordon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Canada; Devon Island
• Online Access: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/92563/; https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12004

Meteorite impacts, one of the most ubiquitous processes in the solar system, have the ability to destroy as well as create habitats for life. The impact process can increase the translucency and porosity of the target substrate, as well as mobilize biologically relevant elements within the substrate...