Exceptional preservation of Mn-oxidizing microbes in cave stromatolites (El Soplao, Spain)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 255-256, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-55

  Lozano, Rafael P ^a   Rossi, Carlos ^b  

^a Inst Geol Minero Espana   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

El Soplao cave; Fossil microbes; Manganese oxides; Mn oxidizing microbes; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION RATE; BIOGENIC MANGANESE; BIOGENIC ORIGINS; CROSS SECTION; DIAGENETIC ALTERATION; EXTRACELLULAR; FOSSIL MICROBES; GEOLOGICAL TIME; IRON FORMATION; LOW DEGREE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROFACIES; MN OXIDES; MN-OXIDIZING MICROBES; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; MORPHOTYPES; PARTIAL DISSOLUTION; POLYMETALLIC; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEOBACTERIA; STROMATOLITES; THREE DIMENSIONS;

BACTERIA; CAVES; DEPOSITS; IRON DEPOSITS; IRON ORES; MANGANESE OXIDE; OXIDES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

MANGANESE;

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DIAGENESIS; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; FOSSIL RECORD; MANGANESE OXIDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROFACIES; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PRECAMBRIAN; STROMATOLITE;

CANTABRIA; SOPLAO CAVE; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; COCCOIDEA; HYPHOMICROBIUM; PEDOMICROBIUM; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84858704724     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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