Fine‐grained agglutinated elongate columnar stromatolites: Tieling Formation,<i>ca</i>1420 Ma, North China

Tosti, Fabio; Riding, Robert

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“…Bosak et al ., ). Similarly, they do not form high and elongated columns separated by narrow straight runnels, as has been described in Mesoproterozoic stromatolites in China (Tosti & Riding, ).…”

Section: Comparison With Other Lacustrine Microbialitessupporting

confidence: 55%

“…The relation between the gross morphology of stromatolites and water depth is also evident in other lacustrine (Bertrand‐Sarfati et al ., ; Casanova, ; Zamarreño et al ., ; Arenas et al ., ; Roche et al ., ) and marine successions (Andres & Reid, ; Jahnert & Collins, ; Mercedes‐Martín et al ., ; Tosti & Riding, ). Mathematical models that simulate stromatolite morphologies (Grotzinger & Rothman, ; Grotzinger & Knoll, ) have focused on some aspects of microbial growth but, as pointed out by Reid et al .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Tosti & Riding (), based on Mesoproterozoic stromatolites from China, found that the stromatolite columns have mainly non‐enveloping laminae and frequent branching, and the fabrics in these low‐relief stromatolite columns and in the intervening spaces are similar. These authors suggested that these features were consistent with a: “…low relative accretion rate and mats that accreted mainly by trapping fine‐grained particles rather than by in situ precipitation…”.…”

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“…A; cf. Tosti & Riding, ). The depositional scenario resembles some of the shallow Holocene lakes in the East African Rift (for example, Lake Bogoria; Casanova, ; Casanova, ; Renaut et al ., ), despite the different hydrological and tectonic context.…”

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“…Microbial laminated deposits/structures are common in many marine (Park, ; Riding, , ; Reid et al ., ; Tang et al ., ) and continental (Casanova, ; Lindqvist, ; Cohen et al ., ; Zamarreño et al ., ) carbonate successions. Depositional and hydrological interpretations on the distribution of stromatolites have commonly been based on the external and internal geometric attributes of the stromatolites (Reid et al ., ; Andres & Reid, ; Arenas & Pomar, ; Jahnert & Collins, ; Bosak et al ., ,b; Awramik & Buchheim, ; Tosti & Riding, ). Although the environmental significance (for example, water depth, current velocity, salinity and sediment distribution) of stromatolites in marine realms is generally understood (Reid & Browne, ; Jahnert & Collins, , ; Mercedes‐Martín et al ., ), the relationships between stromatolites and other sedimentary facies in lacustrine systems is still open to debate (Awramik & Buchheim, ; Noffke & Awramik, ; Renaut et al ., ).…”

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Lacustrine stromatolites: Useful structures for environmental interpretation – an example from the Miocene Ebro Basin

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The significance of stromatolites as depositional environmental indicators and the underlying causes of lamination in the lacustrine realm are poorly understood. Stromatolites in a ca 600 m thick Miocene succession in the Ebro Basin are good candidates to shed light on these issues because they are intimately related to other lacustrine carbonate and sulphate facies, grew under variable environmental conditions and show distinct lamination patterns. These stromatolites are associated with wave‐related, clastic‐carbonate laminated limestones. Both facies consist of calcite and variable amounts of dolomite. Thin planar stromatolites (up to 10 cm thick and less than 6 m long) occurred in very shallow water. These stromatolites represented first biological colonization after: (i) subaerial exposure in the palustrine environment (i.e. at the beginning of deepening cycles); or (ii) erosion due to surge action, then coating very irregular surfaces on laminated limestones (i.e. through shallowing or deepening cycles). Sometimes they are associated with evaporative pumping. Stratiform stromatolites (10 to 30 cm high and tens of metres long) and domed stromatolites (10 to 30 cm high and long) developed in deeper settings, between the surge periods that produced hummocky cross‐stratification and horizontal lamination offshore. Changes in stromatolite lamina shape, and thus in the growth forms through time, can be attributed to changes in water depth, whereas variations in lamina continuity are linked to water energy and sediment supply. Growth of the stromatolites resulted from in situ calcite precipitation and capture of minor amounts of fine‐grained carbonate particles. Based on texture, four types of simple laminae are distinguished. The simple micrite and microsparite laminae can be grouped into light and dark composite laminae, which represent, respectively, high and low Precipitation/Evaporation ratio periods. Different lamination patterns provide new ideas for the interpretation of microbial laminations as a function of variations in climate‐dependent parameters (primarily the Precipitation/Evaporation ratio) over variable timescales.

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Section: Comparison With Other Lacustrine Microbialitessupporting

confidence: 55%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

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A multi‐scale approach to laminated microbial deposits in non‐marine carbonate environments through examples of the Cenozoic, north‐east Iberian Peninsula, Spain

Arenas‐Abad

2021

The Depositional Record

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This contribution focusses on stromatolites and oncolites as tools to seek diverse environmental and climate information at different temporal scales. The scales are: (a) Low frequency, dealing with macroscopic and megascopic scales, and (b) high frequency, involving calendar and solar frequency bands. Two depositional environments are used for this purpose: (a) Fluvial and fluvial–lacustrine, which can develop under high to moderate gradients, and in low‐gradient conditions, and (b) lacustrine, subject to low‐gradient, hydrologically closed lake conditions. Several current and ancient examples in the Iberian Peninsula allow high‐frequency and low‐frequency analyses. Within the wedge‐shaped depositional units that fill the high‐ to moderate‐gradient, stepped fluvial systems, stromatolites form half domes and lenticular bodies, commonly at the wedge front. Oncolites are uncommon. These stromatolites developed in moderate to fast‐flowing water in stepped cascades and rapids. Their geometry and extent reflect the topography of the bedrock and later ongoing growth. In low‐gradient fluvial and fluvial‐(open) lacustrine systems the depositional units are tabular, low‐angle wedge‐shaped and lenticular and have great spatial facies variability. The dominant oncoid and coated‐stem limestones form gently lenticular stacked bodies, developed in wide, low to high‐sinuosity channels within wide tufaceous palustrine areas and small lakes. In the Ebro Basin saline carbonate lacustrine systems, stromatolites form thin planar to domed and stratiform bodies and are associated with muddy‐grainy laminated carbonates and very rare oncolites, together forming ramp‐shaped units that represent the inner fringes of high lake‐level deposits. This geometry reflects low‐gradient lake surface and shallow water conditions. Textural and structural features allow different ranks of laminae and types of lamination to be distinguished. Texture, together with the δ13C and δ18O values of consecutive laminae, are useful in distinguishing environmental and climate changes operating over different time spans. Periodicity analysis of lamination can help to discern any temporal significance in the lamination.

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Lacustrine and Fluvial Carbonate Microbialites in the Neogene of the Ebro Basin, Spain: A Summary of Up-to-Date Knowledge

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Fine‐grained agglutinated elongate columnar stromatolites: Tieling Formation,ca1420 Ma, North China

Cited by 23 publications

References 173 publications

Lacustrine stromatolites: Useful structures for environmental interpretation – an example from the Miocene Ebro Basin

Lacustrine stromatolites: Useful structures for environmental interpretation – an example from the Miocene Ebro Basin

A multi‐scale approach to laminated microbial deposits in non‐marine carbonate environments through examples of the Cenozoic, north‐east Iberian Peninsula, Spain

Lacustrine and Fluvial Carbonate Microbialites in the Neogene of the Ebro Basin, Spain: A Summary of Up-to-Date Knowledge

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