Isotopic fingerprints of microbial respiration in aragonite from Bahamian stromatolites

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 973-976

  Andres, Miriam S ^a   Sumner, Dawn Y ^b   Reid, R Pamela ^a   Swart, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Carbonate geochemistry; Isotopes; Microbe mineral interactions; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROBE-MINERAL INTERACTIONS; STROMATOLITES;

CARBONATES; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

GEOLOGY;

ARAGONITE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBONATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; LITHIFICATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHALLOW WATER; STROMATOLITE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33750946942     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22859A.1     Document Type: Article

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