Bacterial fossils and microbial dolomite in Triassic stromatolites

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-210

  Perri, Edoardo ^a   Tucker, Maurice E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial fossils; Dolomite; Microbialite; Stromatolite; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL FOSSILS; MICROBIALITE; SEDIMENTARY DOLOMITE CRYSTALS; TRIASSIC STROMATOLITIC DOLOMITE;

DEGRADATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MINERALOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

GEOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; DOLOMITE; FOSSIL; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MICROBIAL MAT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STROMATOLITE; TRIASSIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA;

EID: 33947313011     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23354A.1     Document Type: Article

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