A case for biotic morphogenesis of coniform stromatolites

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 337, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 319-326

  Batchelor, M T ^a   Burne, R V ^a   Henry, B I ^b   Jackson, M J ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

KPZ equation; Microbialites; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

KPZ EQUATION; MICROBIALITES; STROMATOLITES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 1842563127     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.01.065     Document Type: Article

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