Cyanobacterial tufa calcification in two freshwater streams: Ambient environment, chemical thresholds and biological processes

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 103-124

  Merz Preiß, Martina ^a   Riding, Robert ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcification; Cyanobacteria; Freshwater; Germany; Holocene; Tufa

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; GERMANY; MICROBE METABOLISM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PH; STREAM;

CARBONATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIAGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; TUFA;

GERMANY;

EID: 0033165848     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00035-4     Document Type: Article

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