Organic and mineral imprints in fossil photosynthetic mats of an East Antarctic lake

Lacustrine microbial mats in Antarctic ice-free oases are considered modern analogues of early microbial ecosystems as their primary production is generally dominated by cyanobacteria, the heterotrophic food chain typically truncated due to extreme environmental conditions, and they are geographical...

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Published in:Geobiology
Main Authors: Lepot, K, Compère, P, Gérard, E, Namsaraev, Z, Verleyen, Elie, Tavernier, Ines, Hodgson, DA, Vyverman, Wim, Gilbert, B, Wilmotte, A, Javaux, EJ
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Earth and Environmental Sciences
SATONDA CRATER LAKE
BENTHIC MICROBIAL MATS
MCMURDO ICE SHELF
ALGAL MATS
CARBONATE PRECIPITATION
HYPERSALINE LAKE
BLACK SHALE
BACTERIA
MATTER
SULFUR
Antarctic
East Antarctica
McMurdo Ice Shelf
Crater Lake
Skarvsnes
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice Shelf
Online Access:https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/5767367
http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-5767367
https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12096
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/5767367/file/5767914

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