Giant holocene freshwater microbialites, Laguna Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Sedimentology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1293-1309

  Gischler, Eberhard ^a   Gibson, Michael A ^b   Oschmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Holocene; Mexico; Microbialite

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; DISSOLUTION; HOLOCENE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIALITE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; QUINTANA ROO;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIVALVIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DREISSENA; GASTROPODA; LEPTOLYNGBYA; METAZOA; MOLLUSCA; POMACEA SP.;

EID: 52249097030     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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