Halophilic Archaea Mediate the Formation of Proto-Dolomite in Solutions With Various Sulfate Concentrations and Salinities

In the past several decades, sulfate concentration and salinity have been considered to be the two essential hydrochemical factors in the formation of dolomite, yet arguments against this hypothesis have existed simultaneously. To clarify the effects of sulfate concentration and salinity in the mine...

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Main Authors: Xuan Qiu, Yancheng Yao, Hongmei Wang, Anjiang Shen, Jie Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00480/full