Nanostructure of palygorskite/sepiolite in Texas caliche: Possible bacterial origin

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-122

  Folk, Robert L ^a   Rasbury, E Troy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALICHE; CRYSTAL; MICROSTRUCTURE; PALYGORSKITE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEPIOLITE;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 37549013273     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03176241     Document Type: Article

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