Freshwater ferromanganese stromatolites from lake vermilion, Minnesota: Microbial culturing and environmental scanning electron microscopy investigations

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 407-427

  Sommers, Michael G ^a   Dollhopf, Michael E ^b   Douglas, Susanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

ESEM; Ferromanganese; Lake Vermilion; Nodules; Oncoids; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749038102     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450290098513     Document Type: Article

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