Formation of deglacial microbialites in coral reefs off Tahiti (IODP 310) involving sulfate-reducing bacteria

Palaios

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 618-635

  Heindel, Katrin ^a   Birgel, Daniel ^a   Peckmann, Jörn ^a   Kuhnert, Henning ^a   Westphal, Hildegard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

coral reef; LA ICP MS; last sea level rise; lipid biomarker; organomineralization

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BARRIER REEF; BASALT; BIOMARKER; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CORAL REEF; CORALLINE ALGA; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEGLACIATION; FATTY ACID; IRON; MAGNETITE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MINERALIZATION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PYROXENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SILICA; STEROL; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; TERRACE; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

SOCIETY ISLANDS; TAHITI; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77956999656     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2010.p10-032r     Document Type: Article

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