Relick tufa at Miette Hot Springs, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1459-1481

  Bonny, Sandy ^a   Jones, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HOT SPRINGS; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

FLOW PATHS; WATER FLOW;

EARTH SCIENCES;

MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUATERNARY; THERMAL SPRING; TUFA; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; JASPER NATIONAL PARK; MIETTE HOT SPRINGS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1542320679     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-050     Document Type: Article

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