Comparative microbial diversity and redox environments of black shale and stromatolite facies in the Mesoproterozoic Xiamaling Formation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 151, Issue , 2015, Pages 150-167

  Luo, Genming ^a,b   Hallmann, Christian ^c,d   Xie, Shucheng ^a   Ruan, Xiaoyan ^a   Summons, Roger E ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BLACK SHALE; CARBONATE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FACIES; HYDROCARBON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; REDOX CONDITIONS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STROMATOLITE;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84921268527     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.12.022     Document Type: Article

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