Nuclear, chemical and biological characterization of formation histories of ironstones from several sites in Southern California: Dominant role of bacterial activity

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 296, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 227-234

  Lal, D ^a   Schopf, J W ^b   Abbott, P L ^c   Vacher, L ^a   Jull, A J T ^d   McHargue, L ^d  

^a GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aridity and precipitation; Bacterial mediation in ironstone formation; Beach ridges as host for ironstones; Cosmogenic 10Be; Ironstones; Surface soil leachates in beach ridges

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BEACH RIDGE; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DUST LAYER; ELEMENTAL DATA; FORMATION MECHANISM; LEACHATES; SANDY BEACH; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; SEMI-ARID REGION; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SURFACE EXPLORATION; SURFACE OF MARS; SURFACE SOIL; TIME PERIODS;

ARID REGIONS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

BEACHES;

ARIDITY; BACTERIUM; BEACH RIDGE; FORMATION MECHANISM; IRONSTONE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMMELICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 77954656893     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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