Biota and biological processes associated with subaerial tufa stalactites in the tropics

Cave and Karst Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 51-62

  Taboroši, Danko ^a   Hirakawa, Kazuomi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biosediments; Outside stalactites; Speleothems; Stromatolites; Twilight zone

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; KARST; SPELEOTHEM; STALACTITE; STROMATOLITE; TUFA;

EID: 12744253765     PISSN: 1356191X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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