Distinguishing Biologically Controlled Calcareous Biomineralization in Fossil Organisms Using Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD)

Distinguishing Biologically Controlled Calcareous Biomineralization in Fossil Organisms Using Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD)

Although carbonate-precipitating cyanobacteria are ubiquitous in aquatic ecosystems today, the criteria used to identify them in the geological record are subjective and rarely testable. Differences in the mode of biomineralization between cyanobacteria and eukaryotes, i.e., biologically induced cal...

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Main Authors: Jan-Filip Päßler, Emilia Jarochowska, Michel Bestmann, Axel Munnecke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
biomineralization
cyanobacteria
fossil
microproblematica
EBSD
crystallography
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2018.00016/full

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