The characterization of CaCO3 in a geothermal environment : A sem/tem-eels study
Kim, Jin-Wook (Yonsei University. Department of Earth System Sciences)
Kogure, Toshihiro (University of Tokyo. Department of Earth and Planetary Science)
Yang, Kiho (Yonsei University. Department of Earth System Sciences)
Kim, Sang-Tae (McMaster University. School of Geography and Earth Sciences)
Jang, Young-Nam (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Baik, Hion-Suck (Korea Basic Science Institute)
Geesey, Gill (Montana State University. Department of Microbiology)

Data:	2012
Resum:	Mineralization of microbial biomass is a common phenomenon in geothermal habitats, but knowledge of the structure of the minerals formed in these environments is limited. A combination of spectroscopic, microscopic, and stable isotopic methods, as well as the chemical analysis of spring water, were employed in the present study to characterize calcium carbonate minerals deposited in filamentous cyanobacterial mats in different locations of La Duke hot spring, a circumneutral thermal feature near the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park, Montana, USA. Calcite was the primary crystalline mineral phase associated with biofilm-containing deposits closest to the source of the spring and the suspended microbial biomass in a pool further from the source. The carbonate minerals at all sites occurred as aggregated granules, ~2 μm in diameter, in close association with the microbial biomass. Only in the deposits closest to the source were the granules organized as laminated structures interspersed with microbial biomass. The calcium carbonate grains contained two distinct regions: a dense monolithic calcite core and a porous dendritic periphery containing organic matter (OM). Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) indicated that the voids were infilled with OM and carbonates. The EELS technique was employed to distinguish the source of carbon in the organic matter and carbonate mixture. The studies of carbon isotope compositions of the calcium carbonates and the saturation indices for calcite in the spring waters suggest that processes (abiotic vs. biotic) controlling the carbonate formation may vary among the sampling sites.
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Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Calcium carbonate precipitate ; Carbon isotope ; Cyanobacterial mat ; Electron energy ; Loss spectroscopy ; Focused ion beam ; Transmission electron microscopy
Publicat a:	Clays and Clay Minerals, Vol. 60, Núm. 5 (2012) , p. 484-495, ISSN 1552-8367

DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2012.0600505

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