Terminal Proterozoic cyanobacterial blooms and phosphogenesis documented by the Doushantuo granular phosphorites I: In situ micro-analysis of textures and composition

Precambrian Research

Volumn 235, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-35

  She, Zhenbing ^a   Strother, Paul ^b   McMahon, Gregory ^b   Nittler, Larry R ^c   Wang, Jianhua ^c   Zhang, Jianhua ^d   Sang, Longkang ^a   Ma, Changqian ^a   Papineau, Dominic ^b,c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Mine Planning and Designing Institute of Yilin District   (China)

Author keywords

Accretionary growth; Cyanobacteria; Doushantuo; Extracellular polymeric substances; Granular phosphorites; Phosphatization

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROFOSSIL; PHOSPHOGENESIS; PHOSPHORITE; PROTEROZOIC;

CHINA; HUBEI; YICHANG;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84880177561     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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