An Ecological Perspective on Dolomite Formation in Great Salt Lake, Utah

An Ecological Perspective on Dolomite Formation in Great Salt Lake, Utah

Protodolomite was detected in sediments from Great Salt Lake (GSL), Utah, United States, that have no history of elevated temperature or pressure, conditions that are thought to promote dolomitization of sedimentary carbonates. Protodolomite was abundant in a non-oolitic sediment core from the South...

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Main Authors: Eric C. Dunham, Elizabeth M. Fones, Yihang Fang, Melody R. Lindsay, Christopher Steuer, Nicholas Fox, Madelyne Willis, Alatna Walsh, Daniel R. Colman, Bonnie K. Baxter, David Lageson, David Mogk, Andrew Rupke, Huifang Xu, Eric S. Boyd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
aragonite
dolomite
dolomitization
biomineralization
hypersaline
salinity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2020.00024/full

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