Biogeochemical processes in canga ecosystems: Armoring of iron ore against erosion and importance in iron duricrust restoration in Brazil

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 107, Issue , 2019, Pages 573-586

  Gagen, Emma J ^a   Levett, Alan ^a   Paz, Anat ^a   Gastauer, Markus ^b   Caldeira, Cecílio Frois ^b   Valadares, Rafael Borges da Silva ^b   Bitencourt, José Augusto Pires ^b   Alves, Ronnie ^b   Oliveira, Guilherme ^b   Siqueira, Jose Oswaldo ^b   Vasconcelos, Paulo M ^a   Southam, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO VALE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Canga; Geomicrobiology; Iron cycling

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IRON ORES; LAND RECLAMATION; LANDFORMS; REMEDIATION; RESTORATION; SOILS; TEXTURES; WEATHERING;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL FEATURES; CANGA; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; EROSION RESISTANT; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

IRON DEPOSITS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DURICRUST; ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EROSION; FOSSILIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; IRON; ORE DEPOSIT;

BRAZIL; CARAJAS; PARA [BRAZIL];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ISOPTERA; POACEAE;

EID: 85062856905     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.03.013     Document Type: Review

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