Part B, volume 2, chapter 5: microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS)

N Noffke, H Beraldi-Campesi, F Callefo, NB Carmona… - 2022 - rid.unrn.edu.ar
To date, microbialites include five groups: stromatolites, thrombolites, leiolites, and
dendrolites. All these microbialites occur in carbonate or silica lithologies. However …

Sedimentary pyrite sulfur isotope compositions preserve signatures of the surface microbial mat environment in sediments underlying low‐oxygen cyanobacterial mats

ML Gomes, JM Klatt, GJ Dick, SL Grim, KI Rico… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The sedimentary pyrite sulfur isotope (δ34S) record is an archive of ancient microbial sulfur
cycling and environmental conditions. Interpretations of pyrite δ34S signatures in sediments …

Trace element perspective into the ca. 2.1-billion-year-old shallow-marine microbial mats from the Francevillian Group, Gabon

J Aubineau, A El Albani, A Bekker, EC Fru, A Somogyi… - Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The sedimentary fabrics of Precambrian mat-related structures (MRS) represent some of the
oldest convincing evidence for early life on Earth. The ca. 2.1 billion-year (Ga) old MRS in …

Heterogeneous redox evolution of the Meso-Neoproterozoic ocean: Insights from eastern China

Y Zou, GE Webb, F Zhao, D Liu, H Kuang… - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
Redox-sensitive element (RSE) compositions in marine sedimentary archives have been
important in improving our understanding of redox history, especially in the Meso …