Exploring the Deep Biosphere in Ophiolite-hosted Systems: What Can Metabolic Processes in Surface Seeps Tell Us About Subsurface Ecosystems in Serpentinizing Fluids?
D'Arcy Renee Meyer-Dombard1, Dawn Cardace2, Kristin M Woycheese3, Bharathi Vallalar4, Caitlin Casar5, Alexander Simon4 and Carlo A Arcilla6, (1)University of Illinois at Chicago, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chicago, United States, (2)University of Rhode Island, Geosciences, Narragansett, United States, (3)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (4)University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States, (5)Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States, (6)National Institute of Geological Sciences, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines
