Late Archean calcite-microbe interactions: Two morphologically distinct microbial communities that affected calcite nucleation differently

Palaios

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 302-318

  Sumner, Dawn Y ^a,b  

^a Earth Atmosph/Planet S 54 1619   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIINAE;

ARCHEAN; CALCITE; MICROBIAL; NUCLEATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031399351     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515333     Document Type: Article

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