Mineral accumulations induced by biological activity on granitic rocks in Qinghai Plateau, China

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1429-1437

  Arocena, J M ^a,b   Zhu, L P ^c   Hall, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Fungi; Lichen; Oxalate coatings; Rock coatings; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CLAY MINERALS; COATINGS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BIOTIC CRUSTS;

GRANITE;

BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING; COATING; FUNGUS; GRANITE; LICHEN; OXALATE; WEATHERING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 0347722563     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.591     Document Type: Article

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