Life and death around acid-saline lakes

Palaios

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 571-573

  Benison, Kathleen C ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID WATER; FOSSILIZATION; HALITE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; SALINE LAKE;

EID: 54049115181     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2008.S05     Document Type: Article

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