Formation of lithified micritic laminae in modem marine stromatolites (Bahamas): The role of sulfur cycling

American Mineralogist

Volumn 83, Issue 11-12 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1482-1493

  Vlsscher, Pleter T ^a,b,c,d,e   Pamela Reid, R ^a,b,c,d,e   Bebout, Brad M ^a,b,c,d,e   Hoeft, Shelley E ^a,b,c,d,e   Macintyre, Lan G ^a,b,c,d,e   Thompson Jr , John A ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e Tabor Academy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; MICROELECTRODES; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR;

AEROBIC RESPIRATION; CACO3 PRECIPITATIONS; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; MICROBIAL PROCESS; MILLIMETER-SCALE; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFIDE OXIDATION; SULFIDE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ELEMENT MOBILITY; LAMINATION; MICRITE; STROMATOLITE; SULFUR;

BAHAMAS;

EID: 0032446407     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1997-11-1236     Document Type: Article

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