Fossil sulphate-reducing bacteria in the Bleiberg lead-zinc deposit, Austria

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-126

  Kucha, Henryk ^a   Schroll, Erich ^b   Stumpfl, Eugen F ^c  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bleiberg; Lead; Peloids; Sphalerite; Sulphur isotopes; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ORE DEPOSIT;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22344454152     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0473-0     Document Type: Article

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