Cyanobacterial calcification in modern microbialites at the submicrometer scale

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5255-5266

  Couradeau, E ^a,b,c,e   Benzerara, K ^a   Gerard E ^c   Esteve I ^a   Moreira, D ^b   Tavera, R ^d   Lopez Garcia P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CALCIFICATION; CRATER LAKE; CYANOBACTERIUM; EXOPOLYMER; FOSSILIZATION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MAGNESIUM; MICROBIALITE; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PRESERVATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STROMATOLITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LAKE ALCHICHICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUEBLA [MEXICO];

EID: 84881441490     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-5255-2013     Document Type: Article

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