Microbial-silica interactions in Icelandic hot spring sinter: Possible analogues for some Precambrian siliceous stromatolites

Sedimentology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 415-433

  Konhauser, Kurt O ^a   Phoenix, Vernon R ^a   Bottrell, Simon H ^a   Adams, David G ^a   Head, Ian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Hot spring sinter; Iceland; Microstromatolite; Silica biomineralization

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; PRECAMBRIAN; SILICIFICATION; SINTER; STROMATOLITE;

ICELAND;

EID: 0035025206     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2001.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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