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COMPTES RENDUS GEOSCIENCE
卷 345, 期 4, 页码 176-184出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2013.02.001
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Natural basaltic glass; Man-made glass; Glass hydrolysis; Microbial alteration; Acid etching; Subsurface microbiology; Microchannel
资金
- Universite de Strasbourg, France
Pits in ocean basalt glass are often attributed to the activity of microorganisms, however, neither the mechanism of formation of pits in glass nor the involvement of microorganisms have been confirmed by experimentation. Experimental abiotic corrosion of basalt glass with 1% hydrofluoric acid (HF), a proxy for more slowly acting organic acids, produces pits that are similar in size, shape, and distribution to pits found in basalt glass collected from the ocean floor and basalt glass incubated with microorganisms. This pit formation by HF etching was demonstrated by comparing secondary electron images taken before and after the acid treatment. The formation of pits by abiotic corrosion of basalt glass is an alternate hypothesis for the origin of these features, and the interpretation of these features as biomarkers may require a resolution of these alternative hypotheses. (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS on behalf of Academie des sciences.
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