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Microbialite Formation

Microbialite Formation is a geological process whereby microbial communities mediate the precipitation and accretion of mineral sediments, leading to the development of laminated, organo-sedimentary structures in aqueous environments.

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Microbialites; organosedimentary deposits of benthic microbial communities

Robert V. Burne, Linda S. Moore · Palaios · 1987 · 977 citations

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Thrombolites and stromatolites; two distinct types of microbial structures

J. M. Kennard, Noël P. James · Palaios · 1986 · 405 citations

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Controls on development and diversity of Early Archean stromatolites

Abigail C. Allwood, J. P. Grotzinger, Andrew H. Knoll et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 302 citations · Full text

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Aerobic microbial dolomite at the nanometer scale: Implications for the geologic record

Mónica Sánchez‐Román, Crisógono Vásconcelos, Thomas Schmid et al. · Geology · 2008 · 272 citations

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Microbialite Formation in Seawater of Increased Alkalinity, Satonda Crater Lake, Indonesia

Gernot Arp, A. Reimer, Joachim Reitner · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 2003 · 238 citations · Full text

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    D. Y. Sumner

    University of California, Davis, United States

    11 publications · 414 citations

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  2. KB
    Karim Benzerara

    Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie, France

    10 publications · 803 citations

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  3. PT
    Pieter T. Visscher

    University of Connecticut, United States

    10 publications · 576 citations

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  4. ZC
    Zhong‐Qiang Chen

    China University of Geosciences, China

    9 publications · 377 citations

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    Purificación López‐García

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    9 publications · 880 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    23 h-index

    118 publications

    7K citations

  2. China University of Geosciences

    Wuhan, China

    17 h-index

    85 publications

    3.5K citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    11 h-index

    30 publications

    1K citations

  4. University of Connecticut

    Storrs, United States

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    614 citations

  6. Brunel University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    12 publications

    971 citations

  7. Ecologie, Société, Evolution

    Orsay, France

    11 h-index

    29 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    31 publications

    2.2K citations

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  1. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

    22 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. Palaios

    20 publications · 2.6K citations

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  3. Sedimentary Geology

    18 publications · 1K citations

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  4. Geobiology

    18 publications · 770 citations

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  5. Sedimentology

    17 publications · 994 citations

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