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Research article
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27 Sep 2013
Research article |
| 27 Sep 2013
The role of microorganisms in the formation of a stalactite in Botovskaya Cave, Siberia – paleoenvironmental implications
M. Pacton
Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
now at: Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon : Terre, Planètes, Environnement Campus de la Doua, Universite Lyon 1 2 Rue Raphael Dubois, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
S. F. M. Breitenbach
Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
F. A. Lechleitner
Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
A. Vaks
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3AN, UK
C. Rollion-Bard
Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques, UMR 7358, Université de Lorraine, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
O. S. Gutareva
Institute of the Earth's Crust, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, 128 Lermontova Street, Irkutsk 664033, Russia
A. V. Osintcev
Arabica Speleological Club, Mamin-Sibiryak Street, P.O. Box 350, Irkutsk 554082, Russia
C. Vasconcelos
Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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