The role of microorganisms in the formation of calcitic moonmilk deposits and speleothems in Altamira Cave

Geomorphology

Volumn 139-140, Issue , 2012, Pages 285-292

  Sanchez Moral, S ^a   Portillo, M C ^b   Janices, I ^a   Cuezva, S ^a   Fernandez Cortes A ^a   Canaveras J C ^c   Gonzalez, J M ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial activity; Bacterial communities; Carbonate precipitation; Cave; Moonmilk; PH

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DISSOLUTION; DNA; FORMATION MECHANISM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RNA; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALTAMIRA CAVE; CANTABRIA; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84856010620     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.10.030     Document Type: Article

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