Statistical physics and stromatolite growth: New perspectives on an ancient dilemma

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 350, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-11

  Batchelor, M T ^a   Burne, R V ^a   Henry, B I ^b   Slatyer, T ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEMS; GENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; NATURAL SCIENCES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COLUMNAR STRUCTURES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROFOSSILS; STROMATOLITE GROWTH;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

EID: 14644431852     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.01.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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