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Akihiro Kano Tomoyo Okumura Chizuru Takashima Fumito Shiraishi

Geomicrobiological Properties and Processes of Travertine With a Focus on Japanese Sites

Springer Geology Series Editors Yuri Litvin, Institute of Experimental Mineralogy, Moscow, Russia Abigail Jiménez-Franco, Del. Magdalena Contreras, Mexico City, Mexico

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Akihiro Kano • Tomoyo Okumura Chizuru Takashima • Fumito Shiraishi

Geomicrobiological Properties and Processes of Travertine With a Focus on Japanese Sites

Akihiro Kano School of Science The University of Tokyo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Tomoyo Okumura Kochi Core Center Kochi University Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

Chizuru Takashima Faculty of Education Saga University Saga, Saga, Japan

Fumito Shiraishi Dept of Earth and Planet Sys Sci Hiroshima University Higashi Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

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