Interpreting an Archaean paleoenvironment through 3D imagery of microbialites
Cecilia M. Howard,
Nathan D. Sheldon,
Selena Y. Smith
et al.
Abstract:While stromatolites, and to a lesser extent thrombolites, have been extensively studied in order to unravel Precambrian (>539 Ma) biological evolution, studies of clastic‐dominated microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS) are relatively scarce. The lack of a consolidated record of clastic microbialites creates questions about how much (and what) information on depositional and taphonomic settings can be gleaned from these fossils. We used μCT scanning, a non‐destructive X‐ray‐based 3D imaging metho… Show more
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