A study of the microbial mineralization in submarine black smoker chimneys from the Okinawa Trough

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-95

  Jun, Feng ^a   Jianghai, Li ^b   Fengyou, Chu ^c  

^a NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE SUPPORT SERVICE   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Black smoker; Microfossils; Okinawa Trough

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BLACK SMOKER; FUNGUS; IRON OXIDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROFOSSIL; MINERALIZATION; PROKARYOTE; SEAFLOOR; SUBMARINE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EAST CHINA SEA; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

FUNGI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 69549086903     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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