Phosphatic precipitates associated with actinomycetes in speleothems from Grand Cayman, British West Indies

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 219, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 302-317

  Jones, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Microbes; Phosphates; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; CORROSION; DISSOLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL MAT; MORPHOTYPE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PHOSPHATE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SPELEOTHEM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAYMAN ISLANDS; GRAND CAYMAN; GREATER ANTILLES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS);

EID: 67651147946     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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