Speleothem and biofilm formation in a granite/dolerite cave, Northern Sweden

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 305-313

  Sallstedt, Therese ^a,b   Ivarsson, Magnus ^a,b   Lundberg, Johannes ^b   Sjöberg, Rabbe ^c   Romaní, Juan Ramón Vidal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Museum of Natural History Department of Botany ^*  (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria; Biospeleothem; Lamination; Pseudokarst

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CAVE; DIABASE; GRANITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PSEUDOKARST; SPELEOTHEM;

SWEDEN;

ACTINOBACTERIA;

EID: 84904055383     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.43.3.7     Document Type: Article

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