Elemental sulfur of bacterial origin in the lacustrine evaporites of the Polatli-Sivrihisar Neogene Basin (Central Anatolia, Turkey)

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-39

  Tekin, Erdogan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacterial activity; Central Anatolia; Elemental sulfur; Polatli Sivrihisar Basin; Sulphate reduction; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE; GYPSUM; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR;

ANATOLIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VITIS SP.;

EID: 33745400595     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175466     Document Type: Article

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