Modern freshwater microbialite analogues for ancient dendritic reef structures

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6804, 2000, Pages 626-629

  Laval, Bernard ^a,f   Cady, Sherry L ^b   Pollack, John C ^g   McKay, Christopher P ^c   Bird, John S ^a   Grotzinger, John P ^d   Ford, Derek C ^e   Bohm, Harry R ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; FRESH WATER;

FRESHWATER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROBIALITE; REEF;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; LAKE; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

BACTERIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CANADA;

EID: 0034609784     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35036579     Document Type: Article

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