Microbialite taphonomy and biogenicity: New insights from NanoSIMS

Geobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 403-416

  Wacey, D ^a   Gleeson, D ^a   Kilburn, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; NANOMATERIAL;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALCIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROBIALITE; MICROFOSSIL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SULFUR; TAPHONOMY; TRICHOME;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEDIMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CYANOBACTERIA; FOSSILS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, SECONDARY ION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE CLIFTON; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 78349237382     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2010.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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