Controls on the precipitation of barite (BaSO4) crystals in calcite travertine at Twitya Spring, a warm sulphur spring in Canada's Northwest Territories

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 203, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 36-53

  Bonny, Sandy M ^a   Jones, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

barite; biologically mediated precipitation; calcite; travertine; warm spring

Indexed keywords

BARITE; CALCITE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; THERMAL SPRING; TRAVERTINE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BEGGIATOA; CENTROSTEGIA THURBERI; OSCILLATORIA; SPIRULINA; THIOTHRIX;

EID: 39049120861     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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