[HTML][HTML] Resolving MISS conceptions and misconceptions: a geological approach to sedimentary surface textures generated by microbial and abiotic processes

NS Davies, AG Liu, MR Gibling, RF Miller - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
The rock record contains a rich variety of sedimentary surface textures on siliciclastic
sandstone, siltstone and mudstone bedding planes. In recent years, an increasing number …

Sedimentary record of seismic events in the Eocene Green River Formation and its implications for regional tectonics on lake evolution (Bridger Basin, Wyoming)

B Törő, BR Pratt - Sedimentary Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Outcrops and cores from the top of the lacustrine Tipton Member and the base of the Wilkins
Peak Member (~ 51.5 Ma) of the Eocene Green River Formation, Bridger Basin in …

Vertebrate tracksites in the Obernkirchen Sandstone (late Berriasian, Early Cretaceous) of northwest Germany—their stratigraphical, palaeogeographical …

JJ Hornung, A Böhme, T van der Lubbe… - Paläontologische …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract The northern German Lower Cretaceous Bückeberg Formation yields numerous
dinosaur tracksites, some of which have produced material of impressive quality …

What are microbial mats?

G Gerdes - Microbial mats: Modern and ancient microorganisms in …, 2010 - Springer
Awareness of biofilms and microbial mats is not a modern attribute (see, in this context,
Krumbein, 1993, 1994; Krumbein et al., 2003). Slippery surfaces, mucilage-embedded …

Topographic control on distribution of modern microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS): a case study from Texas coast

S Bose, HS Chafetz - Sedimentary Geology, 2009 - Elsevier
Modern back-barrier tidal flats of Galveston Island, Follets Island, and Matagorda Peninsula
of the Texas coast are dominated by mud-to fine sand-sized siliciclastic sediments and …

Microbial action formed Jurassic Mn-carbonate ore deposit in only a few hundred years (Úrkút, Hungary)

M Polgári, JR Hein, AL Tóth, E Pál-Molnár… - …, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Úrkút (Hungary) manganese (Mn) ore, hosted by Jurassic black shale, was studied
using high-resolution mineralogical, microtextural, and chemical methods. Two independent …

Microbial mats in the terrestrial Lower Triassic of North China and implications for the Permian–Triassic mass extinction

D Chu, J Tong, DJ Bottjer, H Song, H Song… - Palaeogeography …, 2017 - Elsevier
Evidence for microbial mats has been reported repeatedly from marine Lower Triassic rocks,
but scarcely mentioned in post-mass extinction terrestrial facies. Here, we report from the …

Microbial mats in the Mesoproterozoic carbonates of the North China platform and their potential for hydrocarbon generation

S **aoying, Z Chuanheng, J Ganqing, L Juan… - Journal of China …, 2008 - Elsevier
The well-preserved Mesoproterozoic succession in the North China platform consists mainly
of three lithological associations including peritidal quartz sandstone, shallow marine and …

Arumberiamorph structure in modern microbial mats: implications for Ediacaran palaeobiology

AV Kolesnikov, T Danelian, M Gommeaux… - Bulletin de la Société …, 2017 - bsgf.fr
In the course of studying modern halotolerant microbial mats in salterns near the village of
Kervalet, western France, we observed fanning-out and curved series of macroscopic ridges …

Palaeoecological, sedimentological and stratigraphical insights into microbially induced sedimentary structures of the lower Cambrian successions of Iran

A Bayet‐Goll, M Daraei - Sedimentology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Micro‐organisms producing microbially induced sedimentary structures, particularly
epibenthic cyanobacteria, are not facies‐dependent and could flourish in any environment if …