Biogenic forsterite and opal as a product of biodeterioration and lichen stromatolite formation in table mountain systems (Tepuis) of Venezuela

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 117-132

  Gorbushina, Anna A ^a   Boettcher, Michael ^b   Brumsack, Hans Jurgen ^a   Krumbein, Wolfange E ^a   Vendrell Saz, Marius ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogeomorphogenesis; Forsterite; Lichen stromatolite; Poikilotroph microbiota; Subaerial biofilms

Indexed keywords

BIODETERIORATION; BIOFILM; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; LEACHING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; RAIN; ROCK; SILICON DIOXIDE; VENEZUELA; WEATHERING;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FORSTERITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OPAL; STROMATOLITE; WEATHERING;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0035061282     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450151079851     Document Type: Article

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