Fe-Si biominerals in the Vilyuchinskie hot springs, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

• Main Authors: Belkova,Natalia L., Zakharova,Julia R., Tazaki,Kazue, Okrugin,Viktor M., Parfenova,Valentina V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedad Española de Microbiología 2004
• Subjects: hot springs; microbial mats; biomats; Fe-minerals; Kamchatka Peninsula; Kamchatka
• Online Access: https://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1139-67092004000300005

The micromorphological structure of microbial mats (biomats) from the hot springs of the Vilyuchinskaya hydrothermal system, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, were investigated. The Vilyuchinskie hot springs had a discharge temperature of 55-56°C and Na-Ca-HCO3-type waters rich in silicic and boric acids...