Formation and diagenesis of modern marine calcified cyanobacteria

Geobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 566-576

  Planavsky, N ^a,b   Reid, R P ^a   Lyons, T W ^b   Myshrall, K L ^c   Visscher, P T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON;

CALCIFICATION; CARBONATE SYSTEM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIAGENESIS; FORMATION MECHANISM; INHIBITION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROFOSSIL; PETROGRAPHY; PHANEROZOIC; PRESERVATION; STROMATOLITE; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; FOSSIL; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BAHAMAS; CALCIUM; CARBON ISOTOPES; CYANOBACTERIA; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; HIGHBORNE CAY;

CYANOBACTERIA; DICHOTHRIX;

EID: 70449556447     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2009.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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