Microbial biomineralization processes forming modern Ca:Mg carbonate stromatolites

Sedimentology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-40

  Spadafora, Alessandra ^a,b   Perri, Edoardo ^c   Mckenzie, Judith A ^a   Vasconcelos, CrisÓGono ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Dipartimento di Cosenza   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial fossils; Biomineralization; Microbialite; Nanoglobules; Peloids; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CARBONATE; COASTAL LAGOON; DOLOMITE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LAMINATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIALITE; ORGANIC MATTER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SPHERULITE; STROMATOLITE; THROMBOLITE;

BRAZIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 72649105792     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01083.x     Document Type: Article

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