Microbial mats as bioreactors: Populations, processes, and products

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 219, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 87-100

  Visscher, Pieter T ^a   Stolz, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreactors; Carbonate precipitation; Lithification; Microbial mats; Stromatolite

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; LITHIFICATION; MICROBIAL MAT; STROMATOLITE;

EID: 15744374570     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.10.016     Document Type: Article

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