Alternative origins for nannobacteria-like objects in calcite

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 347-350

  Kirkland, Brenda L ^a   Lynch, F Leo ^a   Rahnis, Michael A ^a   Folk, Robert L ^a   Molineux, Ian J ^a   McLean, Robert J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ETCHING; ORGANIC MINERALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC COMPONENTS; EUHEDRAL CRYSTALS; IRREGULARLY SHAPED PARTICLES; NANO-METER SCALE; SOLUBLE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; STERILE CONDITIONS;

CALCITE;

BACTERIUM; CALCITE; FORMATION MECHANISM; NANNOFOSSIL;

EID: 84874968970     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0347:AOFNLO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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