Non-lithifying microbial ecosystem dissolves peritidal lime sand

Present et al. examine the processes controlling lithification of microbial mats in a Caribbean peritidal carbonate environment. The authors present sedimentological and geochemical evidence of a surprising bias against preserving the most robust, widespread microbial ecosystems in the sedimentary r...

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Main Authors: Theodore M. Present, Maya L. Gomes, Elizabeth J. Trower, Nathan T. Stein, Usha F. Lingappa, John Naviaux, Michael T. Thorpe, Marjorie D. Cantine, Woodward W. Fischer, Andrew H. Knoll, John P. Grotzinger
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c78b63d357334a5e8bafcbdde0947a77
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