Fungal quartz weathering and iron crystallite formation in an Alpine environment, Piz Alv, Switzerland

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 541-556

  Feldmann, Mark ^a   Neher, Johannes ^a   Jung, Walter ^a   Graf, Frank ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Fungus; Iron crystallite; Oxalate; Quartz weathering

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS;

BIODEGRADATION; FUNGUS; IRON CRYSTALLITE; OXALATE; QUARTZ; WEATHERING;

SWITZERLAND, PIZ ALV;

EID: 0031425817     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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