Ca-carbonates precipitation and limestone genesis - the microbiogeologist point of view

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 9-23

  Castanier, Sabine ^a   Le Métayer Levrel, Gaële ^b   Perthuisot, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biomineralisation; Experiments; Limestones; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DIAGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 0033166304     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00028-7     Document Type: Article

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