Microbial carbonates: The geological record of calcified bacterial-algal mats and biofilms

Sedimentology

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 179-214

  Riding, Robert ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biofilm; Calcification; Mat; Microbe

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AMMONIFICATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM GROWTH; CALCIFICATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION; SEDIMENT; STROMATOLITE;

ALGAL MAT; BIOFILM; CARBONATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 0034067473     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2000.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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