Hydrozincite seasonal precipitation at Naracauli (Sardinia - Italy): Hydrochemical factors and morphological features of the biomineralization process

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1814-1820

  Medas, D ^a   Cidu, R ^a   Lattanzi, P ^a   Podda, F ^a   Wanty, R B ^b   De Giudici, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-PRECIPITATION; BIOMINERALIZATION PROCESS; CHLORELLA SP; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EQUILIBRIUM CALCULATION; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HYDRAULIC REGIMES; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROZINCITE; KINETIC PROCESS; MAXIMUM INTENSITIES; METAL POLLUTION; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MINING WATER; MOLAR RATIO; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; SARDINIA; SATURATION INDEX; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATIONARY CONDITIONS; STREAM WATER; WATER FLOWS;

BIOMINERALIZATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MICROORGANISMS; ZINC;

OCEAN HABITATS;

BIOMINERALIZATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTION KINETICS; REMEDIATION; SATURATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STREAMWATER; WATER FLOW;

ITALY; MEDIO CAMPIDANO; RIO NARACAULI; SARDINIA;

CHLORELLA SP.; SCYTONEMA SP.;

EID: 84865330328     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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