Comments on Gigapan: Experimentally Biocemented Quartz Sand

Thin section of a 5mm diameter core of quartz sand which has been cemented using the ureolytic bacterium Sporosarcina Pasteurii. Porosity is picked out by blue dyed epoxy. The loose material has been biocemented by calcite precipitation induced by the bacteria during ureolysis. Calcite crystals can be seen as small gra...

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    April 16, 2012

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    April 18, 2012

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    geology, calcite, Biocementation

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