Unravelling the microbial role in ooid formation - Results of an in situ experiment in modern freshwater Lake Geneva in Switzerland

Geobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 341-350

  Plee, K ^a   Ariztegui, D ^a   Martini, R ^a   Davaud, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CALCITE; CARBONATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAGNESIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OOID; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE GENEVA; SWITZERLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; CYANOBACTERIA; OSCILLATORIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TOLYPOTHRIX;

EID: 49249126932     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2007.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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