Thomas Kieft

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

0000-0003-4350-9416

Projects

Characterization of dissolved organic carbon in deep crustal fracture water using solid state nuclear magnetic resonance analysis

Lead Institution

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Principal Investigator

Thomas Kieft

Project type

Limited Scope

The specific aim is to characterize the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in deep groundwater to determine its biotic and abiotic sources and its potential to be metabolized by subsurface microorganisms…

Detecting Seismically-Sustained Deep Subsurface CH4-cycling Chemolithoautotrophic Microbial Communities Using Multi-Omic Analyses and NanoSIMS

Lead Institution

Princeton University

Principal Investigator

Tullis Onstott

Project type

FICUS Research

The specific objective of the proposed JGI/EMSL project is to document the microbial ecosystem of an active fault zone at 3.5 to 3.6 kilometers depth in South Africa. More specifically, the goal is…