Pyrite discs in coal: Evidence for fossilized bacterial colonies

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-50

  Southam, Gordon ^a   Donald, Ravin ^a   Röstad, Astrid ^a   Brock, Cyndi ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Microfossils; Pyrite; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIAL COLONIES; COAL FORMATION; COMPACTION FORCES; MICROFOSSILS; MULTIPLE NUCLEATION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

PYRITES;

CARBONIFEROUS; COAL; FOSSILIZATION; MICROFOSSIL; PYRITE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874973513     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0047:PDICEF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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