Evidences for microbial involvement in the genesis of speleothem carbonates, Borra Caves, Visakhapatnam, India

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 350-355

  Baskar, Sushmitha ^a   Baskar, R ^a   Kaushik, Anubha ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Borra Caves; Genesis; Microbial involvement; Speleothem carbonates

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 33947116912     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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