Lead in diagenetic pyrite: Evidence for Pb-tolerant bacteria in a red-bed Cu deposit, Quebec Appalachians, Canada

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 295-302

  Cabral, A R ^a,d   Beaudoin, G ^b   Munnik, F ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canada; high gain BSE; Pb tolerant bacteria; PIXE; plumbiferous pyrite

Indexed keywords

CANADA; HIGH-GAIN; PB-TOLERANT BACTERIA; PIXE; PLUMBIFEROUS PYRITE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BLIND SOURCE SEPARATION; COPPER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; MANGANESE;

LEAD;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORE DEPOSIT; PYRITE; RED BED; SOLUBILITY; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

APPALACHIANS; CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79959985520     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: 14718022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2011.075.2.295     Document Type: Article

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