Kinneyia: a flow-induced anisotropic fossil pattern from ancient microbial mats
Kinneyia is the commonly-used term to describe a class of trace fossil that is strongly associated with microbial mats. The appearance of Kinneyia (or wrinkle-structures) in the fossil record has recently led to a number of possible mechanisms being proposed to explain its formation. Here we outli...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-07-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Materials |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmats.2016.00030/full |