Primary silica oncoids from Orakeikorako hot springs, North Island, New Zealand

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Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 446-458

  Renaut, Robin W ^a   Jones, Brian ^b   Rosen, Michael R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; MORPHOLOGY; ONCOID; OPAL A; OPAL-A; SILICA;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE, ORAKEIKORAKO HOT SPRINGS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DISCOIDAE; LAMIINAE;

EID: 0030431120     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515212     Document Type: Article

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