In situ conditions and interactions between microbes and minerals in fine-grained marine sediments: A TEM microfabric perspective

American Mineralogist

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 183-192

  Ransom, Barbara ^a   Bennett, Richard H ^b   Baerwald, Roy ^c   Hulbert, Matthew H ^d   Burkett, Patti Jo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SEAPROBE Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^d Resource Dynamics   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CROSSLINKING; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MINERALS; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

AUTHIGENIC MINERALS; BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; CHEMICAL PROFILES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS; EXOCELLULAR POLYMERS; PHYSICAL TRANSPORT; SPATIAL RELATIONS;

BACTERIA;

FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; TEXTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032907321     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1999-1-220     Document Type: Article

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