Genesis of apatite in phosphate stromatolites

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 361-376

  Sanchez Navas A ^a   Martin Algarra A ^a  

^a Faculted de Ciencias ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Amorphous calcium phosphate; Francolite; Stromatolite; TEM

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLITES; CRYSTALS; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICON; TEXTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AMORPHOUS CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL DEGRADATION; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE CRYSTALS; ELECTRON BOMBARDMENTS; FRANCOLITE; NON-CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; STROMATOLITE; STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIP;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

APATITE; FRANCOLITE; JURASSIC; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; PHOSPHATE; STROMATOLITE;

EID: 0035048981     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/01/0013-0361     Document Type: Article

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