Stromatolites

Table of Contents
Introduction
An Overview
Environmental Conditions
The Origin of Life
Cyanobacteria
Prokaryote Life
The Oxygen Revolution
Importance
Role and Processes
Environments and Distribution
Morphology
Morphology
Laminations
Stratigraphy; The Stromatolite Record
Timescale
Archean
Proterozoic
Phanerozoic
Recent
Stromatolites in Sedimentary Geology
Paleocurrent Indicators
Lithification
Rock Types

References


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