Sedimentary phosphate and associated fossil bacteria in a Paleoproterozoic tidal flat in the 1.85Ga Michigamme Formation, Michigan, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 319, Issue , 2015, Pages 24-39

  Hiatt, Eric E ^a   Pufahl, Peir K ^b   Edwards, Cole T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Fossil bacteria; Phosphogenesis; Phosphorite; Precambrian P cycle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; BIOMINERALIZATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TIDES; WETLANDS;

BACTERIAL SULFATE REDUCTION; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC; P-CYCLES; PHOSPHOGENESIS; PHOSPHORITE; SEDIMENTARY PHOSPHATE; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS;

PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS;

BACTERIUM; BIOMINERALIZATION; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DOLOMITE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOGENESIS; PHOSPHORITE; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TIDAL FLAT;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84922023703     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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