Desert crust morphology and its relations to microbiotic succession at Mt. Sedom, Israel

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-174

  Danin, Avinoam ^a   Dor, Inka ^a   Sandler, Amir ^b   Amit, Rivka ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alluvial terraces; Calcite crusts; Cyanobacteria; Desert; Microbiotic succession

Indexed keywords

CRUSTING; CYANOBACTERIA; SOIL; SUCCESSION;

ISRAEL; MT SEDOM;

EID: 0032008013     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1997.0326     Document Type: Article

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