About the Authors

Mike Spilde

Affiliation Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Antonio Lanzirotti

Affiliation National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America

Clifford Qualls

Affiliation Departments of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Genevieve Phillips

Affiliation Fluorescence Microscopy Facility, Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Abdul-Mehdi Ali

Affiliation Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Larry Agenbroad

Affiliation The Mammoth Site, Hot Springs, South Dakota, United States of America

Otto Appenzeller

oarun@unm.edu

Affiliation New Mexico Health Enhancement and Marathon Clinics Research Foundation, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OA MS AL. Performed the experiments: OA MS AL CQ GP A-MA LA. Analyzed the data: CQ MS AL OA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS AL CQ GP A-MA LA. Wrote the paper: OA. Reviewed the manuscript: MS AL CQ GP A-MA LA.