Widespread bacterial populations at glacier beds and their relationship to rock weathering and carbon cycling

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-110

  Sharp, Martin ^a   Parkes, John ^b   Cragg, Barry ^b   Fairchild, Ian J ^c   Lamb, Helen ^d   Tranter, Martyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GLACIERS; ICE; ORGANIC CARBON; REDOX REACTIONS; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIAL POPULATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS; INORGANIC REACTIONS; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SUBGLACIAL CONDITIONS; SUBGLACIAL MELTWATER;

WEATHERING;

BACTERIUM; CARBON CYCLE; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; WEATHERING;

EID: 84874979727     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0107:WBPAGB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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