Carbonate mineralogy along a biogeochemical gradient in recent lacustrine sediments of Gallocanta Lake (Spain)

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 283-298

  Corzo, Alfonso ^a   Luzon, A ^b   Mayayo, M J ^b   van Bergeijk, S A ^a   Mata, P ^a   Garcia de Lomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial dolomite model; Carbonate precipitation; Dolomite; Geomicrobiology; Magnesite; Microelectrodes; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; DOLOMITE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 24644518535     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450500183654     Document Type: Article

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