The response of stromatolites to seismic shocks: Tomboliths from the Palaeoproterozoic Chaibasa Formation, E India
It is demonstrated here for the first time how Palaeoproterozoic stromatolites survived seismic disturbance of their substrate. The stromatolites under study could have been cyanobacteria or any other photoautotrophic microbes, which formed mats that covered a substrate of very fine-grained sandston...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2016-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Palaeogeography |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095383616300542 |