Deep‐water microbialites of the Mesoproterozoic Dismal Lakes Group: microbial growth, lithification, and implications for coniform stromatolites

• Published in: Geobiology
• Main Authors: Bartley, J. K., Kah, L. C., Frank, T. D., Lyons, T. W.
• Other Authors: NSF
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12114; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fgbi.12114; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gbi.12114

Abstract Offshore facies of the Mesoproterozoic Sulky Formation, Dismal Lakes Group, arctic Canada, preserve microbialites with unusual morphology. These microbialites grew in water depths greater than several tens of meters and correlate with high‐relief conical stromatolites of the more proximal S...