Tube structures of probable microbial origin in the Neoarchean Carawine Dolomite, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia

Geobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-93

  Murphy, M A ^a   Sumner, D Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DOLOMITE; MAGNESIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHEAN; CARBONATE; CRYSTAL; DOLOMITE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HAMERSLEY BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 37549061039     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2007.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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