Impact-induced microbial endolithic habitats

• Main Authors: Cockell, C. S., Lee, P., Osinski, G., Horneck, G., Broady, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Meteoritics & Planetary Science Archives 2002
• Subjects: Haughton;Nunavut;Impact breccia;Impact crater Canada;Craters; Arctic; Canada; Devon Island; Nunavut; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/maps/article/view/14654

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...