Methane-related microbial gypsum calcitization in stromatolites of a marine evaporative setting (Münder Formation, Upper Jurassic, Hils Syncline, north Germany)

Sedimentology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1227-1251

  Arp, Gernot ^a   Ostertag Henning, Christian ^b,c   Yücekent, Selçük ^a   Reitner, Joachim ^a   Thiel, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Biomarkers; Calcification; Methane; Stable isotopes; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; BIOMARKER; CALCIFICATION; GYPSUM; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STROMATOLITE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 52249106462     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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