Shaping of the Present-Day Deep Biosphere at Chicxulub by the Impact Catastrophe That Ended the Cretaceous

Shaping of the Present-Day Deep Biosphere at Chicxulub by the Impact Catastrophe That Ended the Cretaceous

We report on the effect of the end-Cretaceous impact event on the present-day deep microbial biosphere at the impact site. IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 drilled into the peak ring of the Chicxulub crater, México, allowing us to investigate the microbial communities within this structure. Increased cell b...

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Main Authors: Charles S. Cockell, Bettina Schaefer, Cornelia Wuchter, Marco J. L. Coolen, Kliti Grice, Luzie Schnieders, Joanna V. Morgan, Sean P. S. Gulick, Axel Wittmann, Johanna Lofi, Gail L. Christeson, David A. Kring, Michael T. Whalen, Timothy J. Bralower, Gordon R. Osinski, Philippe Claeys, Pim Kaskes, Sietze J. de Graaff, Thomas Déhais, Steven Goderis, Natali Hernandez Becerra, Sophie Nixon, IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Scientists
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
chicxulub
impact crater
deep biosphere
drilling
craters
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.668240/full

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