Siliciclastic microstromatolites in a sandstone cave: Role of trapping and binding of detrital particles in formation of cave deposits

Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-314

  Gradziński, Michał ^a   Chmiel, Maria Jolanta ^b   Lewandowska, Anna ^a   Michalska Kasperkiewicz, Beata ^c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^c KTJ Speleoklub Bielsko Biała ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Bacteria; Biofilm; Outer Carpathians; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CAVE DEPOSIT; MICROORGANISM; MORPHOTYPE; SANDSTONE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SOIL COVER; SPELEOTHEM; STROMATOLITE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS);

EID: 79251626673     PISSN: 02089068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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