Microbe-related precipitation of iron and silica in the Edmond deep-sea hydrothermal vent field on the Central Indian Ridge

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 3233-3238

  Peng, XiaoTong ^a,b   Zhou, HuaiYang ^a,b   Yao, HuiQiang ^a   Li, JiangTao ^a   Tang, Song ^a   Jiang, Lei ^a   Wu, ZiJun ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Edmond hydrothermal vent field; Fe oxide; Microbe; Silica

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849007472     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0523-3     Document Type: Article

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