Microbial construction of siliceous stalactites at geysers and hot springs: Examples from the whakarewarewa geothermal area, North Island, New Zealand

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Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-94

  Jones, B ^a   Renaut, R W ^a   Rosen, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GEYSER; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; STALACTITE; THERMAL SPRING;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0035052495     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2001)016<0073:MCOSSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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