Textures and processes of laminated travertines formed by unicellular cyanobacteria in myoken hot spring, southwestern Japan

Island Arc

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 410-426

  Okumura, Tomoyo ^a   Takashima, Chizuru ^b   Kano, Akihiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Biofilm; Calcite; Cyanobacteria; Daily lamination; Moderate thermophiles; Travertine

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; BIOFILM; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; LAMINATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); THERMAL SPRING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TRAVERTINE;

JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU;

CYANOBACTERIA; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84883201910     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iar.12034     Document Type: Article

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