Microbial precipitation of dolomite in methanogenic groundwater

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 277-280

  Roberts, Jennifer A ^a   Bennett, Philip C ^b   González, Luis A ^a   Macpherson, G L ^a   Milliken, Kitty L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Basalt weathering; Biomineralization; Dolomite; Methanogenesis

Indexed keywords

CELL WALLS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MICROBIAL PROCESSES;

AQUIFERS; BASALT; METHANOGENS; MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STOICHIOMETRY;

GROUNDWATER;

BASALT; BIOMINERALIZATION; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITE; METHANOGENESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); WEATHERING;

EID: 2042422315     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20246.2     Document Type: Article

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