Microbial action formed Jurassic Mn-carbonate ore deposit in only a few hundred years (Úrkút, Hungary)

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 903-906

  Polgari, Marta ^a   Hein, J R ^b   Toth, A L ^c   Pal Molnar E ^d   Vigh, T ^e   Biro L ^d   Fintor, K ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^e Mangan Ltd   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATS; BIOSTRUCTURES; BLACK SHALES; CHEMICAL METHOD; DIAGENETICS; GROWTH CYCLE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUNGARY; JURASSIC; M-SCALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROLAMINATION; NEUTRAL PH; ORE FORMATION; OXIDIZING PROCESS; PALEOENVIRONMENTS; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SMECTITES;

CLAY MINERALS; MICA; ORE DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MANGANESE;

BLACK SHALE; CARBONATE GROUP; DEPOSITION; JURASSIC; MANGANESE DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; ORE DEPOSIT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

HUNGARY; URKUT; VESZPREM;

EID: 84868698699     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33304.1     Document Type: Article

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