Influence of thermophilic bacteria on calcite and silica precipitation in hot springs with water temperatures above 90°C: Evidence from Kenya and New Zealand

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-83

  Jones, Brian ^a   Renaut, Robin W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION; HOT SPRING; PRECIPITATION; SILICA; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA;

KENYA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0029751366     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-008     Document Type: Article

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