Biofilms and Biominerals in the Lateritic Weathering Crust as Exemplified by the Central Bauxite Deposit (Siberian Platform, Russia)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Short Geological Setting
3. Materials and Methods
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Spectrum | C | Al | Si | Ti | Fe | Ce | Nd | La | Ba | O | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 11.96 | 6.05 | 5.51 | 0.23 | 9.16 | 17.75 | - | - | - | 49.34 | 100.00 |
2 | 15.33 | 7.28 | 7.97 | 0.42 | 4.32 | 5.76 | 3.2 | - | - | 55.71 | 100.00 |
3 | 19.13 | 4.49 | 2.21 | 0.61 | 10.35 | 2.02 | - | - | - | 61.19 | 100.00 |
4 | 12.89 | 8.26 | 9.57 | 3.51 | 4.72 | 4.06 | - | - | - | 56.99 | 100.00 |
5 | 16.69 | 10.94 | 1.46 | 0.56 | 10.04 | 1.04 | - | - | - | 59.27 | 100.00 |
6 | 11.12 | 11.26 | 12.76 | 0.43 | 5.60 | 2.36 | - | - | - | 56.47 | 100.00 |
7 | 9.23 | 11.86 | 13.99 | 0.00 | 2.84 | 8.70 | - | - | - | 53.38 | 100.00 |
8 | 12.07 | 11.16 | 12.87 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 2.69 | - | - | - | 58.10 | 100.00 |
9 | 15.27 | 7.49 | 5.41 | 1.45 | 1.65 | 9.43 | 3.03 | 5.98 | 1.46 | 48.82 | 100.00 |
10 | 16.13 | 8.46 | 6.05 | 1.19 | 1.52 | 8.84 | 2.54 | 4.88 | - | 50.38 | 100.00 |
11 | 16.33 | 9.28 | 6.36 | 0.25 | 10.03 | 3.25 | 4.96 | - | 49.54 | 100.00 | |
12 | 9.72 | 3.11 | 7.19 | 3.73 | 4.55 | 15.06 | 4.19 | 9.27 | 2.39 | 40.80 | 100.00 |
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Boeva, N.; Bortnikov, N.; Slukin, A.; Shipilova, E.; Makarova, M.; Melnikov, P. Biofilms and Biominerals in the Lateritic Weathering Crust as Exemplified by the Central Bauxite Deposit (Siberian Platform, Russia). Minerals 2021, 11, 1184. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/min11111184
Boeva N, Bortnikov N, Slukin A, Shipilova E, Makarova M, Melnikov P. Biofilms and Biominerals in the Lateritic Weathering Crust as Exemplified by the Central Bauxite Deposit (Siberian Platform, Russia). Minerals. 2021; 11(11):1184. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/min11111184
Chicago/Turabian StyleBoeva, Natalia, Nikolay Bortnikov, Anatoly Slukin, Elena Shipilova, Marina Makarova, and Philimon Melnikov. 2021. "Biofilms and Biominerals in the Lateritic Weathering Crust as Exemplified by the Central Bauxite Deposit (Siberian Platform, Russia)" Minerals 11, no. 11: 1184. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/min11111184