Modern dolomite formation caused by seasonal cycling of oxygenic phototrophs and anoxygenic phototrophs in a hypersaline sabkha

Abstract The “Dolomite Problem” has been a controversy for over a century, owing to massive assemblages of low-temperature dolomite in ancient rocks with little dolomite forming today despite favorable geochemical conditions. Experiments show that microbes and their exopolymeric substances (EPS) nuc...

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Main Authors: Zach A. Diloreto, Sanchit Garg, Tomaso R. R. Bontognali, Maria Dittrich
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/112a9de0b4c84c468df18337df64adbc
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