Genuine modern analogues of Precambrian stromatolites from caldera lakes of Niuafo'ou Island, Tonga

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 119-126

  Kazmierczak, Józef ^a   Kempe, Stephan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID; SEA WATER;

EVOLUTION; RECONSTRUCTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BENTHOS; CALCIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECAMBRIAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TONGA;

AUSTRALIA; CALCIUM CARBONATE; GEOGRAPHY; MAGNESIUM; MINERALS; PALEONTOLOGY; WATER;

CHONDRICHTHYES; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33644999848     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0066-x     Document Type: Article

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