Methanogenesis produces strong 13C enrichment in stromatolites of Lagoa Salgada, Brazil: A modern analogue for Palaeo-/Neoproterozoic stromatolites?

Geobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 245-266

  Birgel, D ^a   Meister, P ^a,b   Lundberg, R ^c   Horath, T D ^d   Bontognali, T R R ^c   Bahniuk, A M ^c,e   de Rezende, C E ^f   Vasconcelos, C ^c   Mckenzie, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^f Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CARBON ISOTOPE; EUKARYOTE; LAGOONAL SEDIMENTATION; METHANOGENESIS; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PROTEROZOIC; STROMATOLITE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SALGADA LAGOON;

ARCHAEA;

CARBON; METHANE;

BACTERIUM; BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOGENESIS; BRAZIL; CARBON; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; METHANE;

EID: 84927074846     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12130     Document Type: Article

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