Scanning electron microscopic imaging and nano-secondary ion microprobe analyses of bacteria-like nanoball structures in oncoids from the Ediacaran Boonall Dolomite of Kimberley, northwestern Australia: Testing their biogenicity

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-41

  Lan, Zhong Wu ^a,b   Chen, Zhong Qiang ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ediacaran age; Nanoball structures; NanoSIMS; Northwestern Australia; Oncoids; SEM

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DOLOMITE; EDIACARAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ION MICROPROBE; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TESTING METHOD;

AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84862794291     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: 18785212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13146-011-0081-2     Document Type: Article

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