Biofilm exopolymers control microbialite formation at thermal springs discharging into the alkaline Pyramid Lake, Nevada, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 159-176

  Arp, Gernot ^a   Thiel, Volker ^a   Reimer, Andreas ^a   Michaelis, Walter ^b   Reitner, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Calcification; Extracellular polymeric substances; Lacustrine; Microbialites; Pyramid Lake; Thermal springs

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; LAKE; MICROBE FUNCTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POLYMER; UNITED STATES;

BIOMARKER; CARBONATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIALITE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); THERMAL SPRING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033166320     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00038-X     Document Type: Article

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