Taphonomy of silicified filamentous microbes in modern geothermal sinters-Implications for identification

Palaios

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 580-592

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

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; SILICIFICATION; TAPHONOMY; MICROORGANISM; MINERAL; OXIDE; TAXONOMY; THERMAL SPRING;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0035674949     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2001)016<0580:TOSFMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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