Biogeochemistry of Fe(II) oxidation in a photosynthetic microbial mat: Implications for Precambrian Fe(II) oxidation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 4629-4643

  Trouwborst, Robert E ^a   Johnston, Anne ^b   Koch, Gretchen ^c   Luther III, George W ^a   Pierson, Beverly K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDED IRON FORMATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; IRON; MICROBIAL MAT; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECAMBRIAN;

CHLOROFLEXUS; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 35248873819     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.07.018     Document Type: Article

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