Weathering of Granite from the Damma Glacier Area: The Contribution of Cyanogenic Bacteria

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 93-100

  Wongfun, Nuttakan ^a   Plötze, Michael ^a   Furrer, Gerhard ^a   Brandl, Helmut ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cyanide; cyanogenic bacteria; dissolution; granite; organic acids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTIC FACTOR; CYANIDE; DISSOLUTION; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; GRANITE; ORGANIC ACID; PH; WEATHERING;

ALPS; DAMMA GLACIER; SWITZERLAND; URI;

EID: 84889679293     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2013.802396     Document Type: Article

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