Elizabeth J. Trower

Insights into modes and timing of microbialite mineralization from mobile microbialite grains in Great Salt Lake, Utah, U.S.A.

ABSTRACT Microbialites are among the earliest indications of life on Earth and interpreting the formation mechanisms—both abiotic and microbially mediated—of mineral assemblages and microfabrics in these structures is a crucial part of understanding Earth’s geobiological record....