Manganese stromatolites in caves: El Soplao (Cantabria, Spain)

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1119-1122

  Rossi, Carlos ^a   Lozano, Rafael P ^b   Isanta, Núria ^b   Hellstrom, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANTABRIA; DARK REGION; DATA SUPPORT; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL LIFE; MICROBIAL ORIGINS; MN OXIDES;

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CAVES; ECOLOGY; MANGANESE DEPOSITS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

MANGANESE;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CAVE; DEPOSITION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MANGANESE; STROMATOLITE; WATER TABLE;

CANTABRIA; SPAIN;

EID: 78650136431     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31283.1     Document Type: Article

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