BACTERIAL CARBONATOGENESIS IN CAVES - SEMSTUDY OF AN HELICTITE FROM CLAMOUSE, HERAULT, FRANCE

Authors
LEMETAYERLEVREL G CASTANIER S LOUBIERE JF PERTHUISOT JP
Citation
G. Lemetayerlevrel et al., BACTERIAL CARBONATOGENESIS IN CAVES - SEMSTUDY OF AN HELICTITE FROM CLAMOUSE, HERAULT, FRANCE, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 325(3), 1997, pp. 179-184
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
325
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
179 - 184
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1997)325:3<179:BCIC-S>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The SEM study of a dripstone from Clamouse cave demonstrates the role of bacteria in the production as well as in the structuration of its c onstituting carbonate crystalline assemblages. Notably, the presence o f bacterial gliding filaments may explain the non-geotropic forms of e ccentric dripstones.