The effect of cyanobacteria on silica precipitation at neutral pH: Implications for bacterial silicification in geothermal hot springs

Chemical Geology

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 83-90

  Yee, Nathan ^a   Phoenix, Vernon R ^b   Konhauser, Kurt O ^c   Benning, Liane G ^a   Ferris, F Grant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Hot springs; Silica precipitation

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SILICA;

EID: 0038508945     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(03)00120-7     Document Type: Article

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