Dynamic controls on accretion and lithification of modern gypsum-dominated thrombolites, Los Roques, Venezuela

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 245-246, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-47

  Petrash, Daniel A ^a   Gingras, Murray K ^a   Lalonde, Stefan V ^b   Orange, François ^a   Pecoits, Ernesto ^a   Konhauser, Kurt O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

Author keywords

Anoxygenic photosynthesis; Exopolymers; Microbial mats; Microbialites; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BOUND METALS; CALCITE-CEMENT; CARBONATE CEMENTATION; DIAGENETICS; DISSOLVED SULFIDE; DYNAMIC CONTROLS; EXOPOLYMERS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; HYPERSALINE; MATRIX; METAL CATION; MICROBIAL MATS; MICROBIALITES; MINERAL PHASE; NUCLEATION SITES; PARTIAL DISSOLUTION; PORE WATERS; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEIN FRACTIONS; SHALLOW WATERS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFIDE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; TRACE METAL; VENEZUELA;

ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; BACTERIA; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CEMENTS; DISSOLUTION; LAKES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

GYPSUM;

ACCRETION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CEMENTATION; DISSOLUTION; GYPSUM; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LITHIFICATION; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROBIALITE; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENTATION; SHALLOW WATER; THROMBOLITE;

LOS ROQUES; NUEVA ESPARTA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84857031453     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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