Geomicrobiology of sulfide mineral oxidation

Geomicrobiology: Interactions Between Microbes and Minerals

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 361-390

  Nordstrom, D Kirk ^a   Southam, Gordon ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1515/9781501509247     Document Type: Chapter

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