CaCO3 Precipitation in Multilayered Cyanobacterial Mats: Clues to Explain the Alternation of Micrite and Sparite Layers in Calcareous Stromatolites

CaCO3 Precipitation in Multilayered Cyanobacterial Mats: Clues to Explain the Alternation of Micrite and Sparite Layers in Calcareous Stromatolites

Marine cyanobacterial mats were cultured on coastal sediments (Nivå Bay, Øresund, Denmark) for over three years in a closed system. Carbonate particles formed in two different modes in the mat: (i) through precipitation of submicrometer-sized grains of Mg calcite within the mucilage near the base of...

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Main Authors: Józef Kaźmierczak, Tom Fenchel, Michael Kühl, Stephan Kempe, Barbara Kremer, Bożena Łącka, Krzysztof Małkowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-03-01
Series:Life
Subjects:
cyanobacterial mats
CaCO3 precipitation
CaCO3 morphs
micrite/sparite alternation
δ13C in microbial mats
purple sulfur bacteria
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/5/1/744

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