Bacteria as mediators of copper sulfide enrichment during weathering

Science

Volumn 272, Issue 5265, 1996, Pages 1153-1155

  Sillitoe, Richard H ^a   Folk, Robert L ^b   Saric, Nicolás ^c  

^a University of Texas ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Sociedad Minera Pudahuel S A   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; CHALCOCITE; COPPER; SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT; WEATHERING;

CHILE;

EID: 0029749899     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5265.1153     Document Type: Article

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31. Sample collection at Chuquicamata and El Salvador was carried out with the assistance and permission of Codelco-Chile. We thank W.S. Fyfe and J R. Kyle for manuscript reviews and R. Espejo for discussions.