Fossil bacteria in Xuanlong iron ore deposits of Hebei Province

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 347-356

  Dai, Yongding ^a   Song, Haiming ^a   Shen, Jiying ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Bacteria textural lamina; Iron and blue bacteria; Late Early Proterozoic; Microbial ore deposits

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; IRON ORES; ORE DEPOSITS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

FOSSILS; MICROBIAL FILMS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BACTERIUM; FOSSIL; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; IRON ORE; PROTEROZOIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI;

EID: 4143071281     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02YD0178     Document Type: Article

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