Laboratory cultures of calcifying biomicrospheres generate ooids - A contribution to the origin of oolites
The in vitro production of ooid-like structures as possible precursors of oolites has been observed in laboratory cultures of spherical microbial communities isolated from the Wadden Sea (North Sea). The microbial spherulites consist of aggregated benthic diatoms (Navicula perminuta) enveloped by l...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Association Carnets de Geologie
2004-06-01
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| Series: | Carnets de Géologie |
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| Online Access: | http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2004_L03/index.html |