Subaerial freshwater phosphatic stromatolites in Deer Cave, Sarawak - A unique geobiological cave formation

Geomorphology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 57-72

  Lundberg, Joyce ^a   McFarlane, Donald A ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cave; Cyanobacteria; EPS; Hydroxylapatite; Stromatolite; Subaerial

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ACIDIFICATION; BIOMINERALIZATION; CAVE; CYANOBACTERIUM; STROMATOLITE; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK;

CERVIDAE; COCCOIDEA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 79952246295     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.12.022     Document Type: Article

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