Bioconstructions in ochreous speleothems from lava tubes on Terceira Island (Azores)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 117-128

  Ríos, A de los ^a   Bustillo, Ma A ^b   Ascaso, C ^a   Carvalho, M R ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioconstructions; Ferrihydrite; Gallionella; Leptothrix; Speleothem

Indexed keywords

BIOCONSTRUCTIONS; FERRIHYDRITE; GALLIONELLA; LEPTOTHRIX; SPELEOTHEM;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMINERALIZATION; DEPOSITS; LANDFORMS; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS;

BACTERIA;

BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; BIOMINERALIZATION; FERRIHYDRITE; LAVA TUBE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MORPHOTYPE; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SPELEOTHEM;

AZORES; PORTUGAL; TERCEIRA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLIONELLA; LEPTOTHRIX; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 79952619087     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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