Non-lithifying microbial ecosystem dissolves peritidal lime sand
Present et al. examine the processes controlling lithification of microbial mats in a Caribbean peritidal carbonate environment. The authors present sedimentological and geochemical evidence of a surprising bias against preserving the most robust, widespread microbial ecosystems in the sedimentary r...
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| author | Theodore M. Present Maya L. Gomes Elizabeth J. Trower Nathan T. Stein Usha F. Lingappa John Naviaux Michael T. Thorpe Marjorie D. Cantine Woodward W. Fischer Andrew H. Knoll John P. Grotzinger |
| author_facet | Theodore M. Present Maya L. Gomes Elizabeth J. Trower Nathan T. Stein Usha F. Lingappa John Naviaux Michael T. Thorpe Marjorie D. Cantine Woodward W. Fischer Andrew H. Knoll John P. Grotzinger |
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| description | Present et al. examine the processes controlling lithification of microbial mats in a Caribbean peritidal carbonate environment. The authors present sedimentological and geochemical evidence of a surprising bias against preserving the most robust, widespread microbial ecosystems in the sedimentary record. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c78b63d357334a5e8bafcbdde0947a772022-12-21T19:27:55ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232021-05-011211810.1038/s41467-021-23006-1Non-lithifying microbial ecosystem dissolves peritidal lime sandTheodore M. Present0Maya L. Gomes1Elizabeth J. Trower2Nathan T. Stein3Usha F. Lingappa4John Naviaux5Michael T. Thorpe6Marjorie D. Cantine7Woodward W. Fischer8Andrew H. Knoll9John P. Grotzinger10Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins UniversityDepartment of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado BoulderDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of TechnologyDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of TechnologyDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of TechnologyNASA Postdoctoral Program, NASA Johnson Space CenterDepartment of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard UniversityDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of TechnologyPresent et al. examine the processes controlling lithification of microbial mats in a Caribbean peritidal carbonate environment. The authors present sedimentological and geochemical evidence of a surprising bias against preserving the most robust, widespread microbial ecosystems in the sedimentary record.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23006-1 |
| spellingShingle | Theodore M. Present Maya L. Gomes Elizabeth J. Trower Nathan T. Stein Usha F. Lingappa John Naviaux Michael T. Thorpe Marjorie D. Cantine Woodward W. Fischer Andrew H. Knoll John P. Grotzinger Non-lithifying microbial ecosystem dissolves peritidal lime sand Nature Communications |
| title | Non-lithifying microbial ecosystem dissolves peritidal lime sand |
| title_full | Non-lithifying microbial ecosystem dissolves peritidal lime sand |
| title_fullStr | Non-lithifying microbial ecosystem dissolves peritidal lime sand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Non-lithifying microbial ecosystem dissolves peritidal lime sand |
| title_short | Non-lithifying microbial ecosystem dissolves peritidal lime sand |
| title_sort | non lithifying microbial ecosystem dissolves peritidal lime sand |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23006-1 |
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