Precipitation of dolomite using sulphate-reducing bacteria from the Coorong Region, South Australia: Significance and implications

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 987-1008

  Wright, David T ^a   Wacey, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dolomite; Experiments; Kinetic; Sulphate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

DOLOMITE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; POREWATER; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; COORONG; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33745266114     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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