Rapid in situ silicification of microbes at Loburu hot springs, Lake Bogoria, Kenya rift valley

Sedimentology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1083-1103

  Renaut, R W ^a   Jones, B ^b   Tiercelin, J J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL MAT; SILICIFICATION; THERMAL SPRING;

KENYA;

EID: 0032441717     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1998.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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