Selective mineralization of microbes in Fe-rich precipitates (jarosite, hydrous ferric oxides) from acid hot springs in the Waiotapu geothermal area, North Island, New Zealand

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 194, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 77-98

  Jones, Brian ^a   Renaut, Robin W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid hot springs; Bacteria; Hydrous ferric oxide; Jarosite; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; IRON; JAROSITE; LEPIDOCROCITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE; THERMAL SPRING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO; WAIOTAPU;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; COCCOIDEA;

EID: 33845467931     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.05.025     Document Type: Article

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