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Non-lithifying microbial ecosystem dissolves peritidal lime sand

Microbialites accrete where environmental conditions and microbial metabolisms promote lithification, commonly through carbonate cementation. On Little Ambergris Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands, microbial mats occur widely in peritidal environments above ooid sand but do not become lithified or preser...

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Autores principales: Present, Theodore M., Gomes, Maya L., Trower, Elizabeth J., Stein, Nathan T., Lingappa, Usha F., Naviaux, John, Thorpe, Michael T., Cantine, Marjorie D., Fischer, Woodward W., Knoll, Andrew H., Grotzinger, John P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8144198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34031392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23006-1
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Sumario:Microbialites accrete where environmental conditions and microbial metabolisms promote lithification, commonly through carbonate cementation. On Little Ambergris Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands, microbial mats occur widely in peritidal environments above ooid sand but do not become lithified or preserved. Sediment cores and porewater geochemistry indicated that aerobic respiration and sulfide oxidation inhibit lithification and dissolve calcium carbonate sand despite widespread aragonite precipitation from platform surface waters. Here, we report that in tidally pumped environments, microbial metabolisms can negate the effects of taphonomically-favorable seawater chemistry on carbonate mineral saturation and microbialite development.