The role of sulphate-reducing bacteria and cyanobacteria in dolomite formation in distal ephemeral lakes of the Coorong region, South Australia

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 147-157

  Wright, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial sulphate reduction; Cyanobacteria; Dolomite; Kinetic inhibitors

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOLOMITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033166321     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00037-8     Document Type: Article

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