Lithification and Fabric Genesis in Precipitated Stromatolites and Associated Peritidal Carbonates, Mesoproterozoic Billyakh Group, Siberia

Bartley, Julie K.; Knoll, Andrew H.; Grotzinger, J. P.; Сергеев, В. Н.

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“…Observations of crystal fans in the record reconstruct the primary texture to have consisted of acicular crystals of aragonite, bundled together to form crystal aggregates with blunt terminations. The linear, radiating fabric elements that delineate the crystal fans represent the neomorphic equivalent of these crystal bundles (Grotzinger and Read, 1983;Grotzinger, 1986;Hofmann and Jackson, 1987;Bartley et al, 2000). In all known examples, primary aragonite was replaced by a calcite or dolomite mosaic texture, or occasionally silica (Grotzinger and Read, 1983;Sumner and Grotzinger, 2000).…”

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Biological Influences on Seafloor Carbonate Precipitation

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“…Gaoyuzhuang Formation, China (Seong-Joo and Golubic, 2000), Kotuikan Formation, Siberia (Bartley et al, 2000) Gaoyuzhuang Fm.-crystal fans associated with sediment rich layers and are red-brown in color. Both crystal fan occurrences are peritidal.…”

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“…Moreover, the textures observed in the samples share many of the features of Precambrian stromatolites, including Mesoproterozoic specimens from the Billyakh Group, Siberia (Bartley et al, 2000) which possess dendritic textures similar to those observed in the lagunas as well as micrometerscale lamination similar to that found on the edge of the examined dendrites. While the Mesoproterozoic stromatolites formed in a peritidal marine environment and the lagunas stromatolites formed in a shallow lacustrine and arid environment, the morphological resemblance between them suggests consist of micrite with cyanobacterial filaments throughout.…”

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Research into the geological processes operating on Mars relies on interpretation of images and other data returned by unmanned orbiters, probes and landers. Such interpretations are based on our knowledge of processes occurring on Earth Terrestrial analog studies therefore play an important role in understanding the geological features observed on Mars. This 2007 book presents direct comparisons between locales on Earth and Mars, and contains contributions from leading planetary geologists to demonstrate the parallels and differences between these two neighboring planets. Mars is characterized by a wide range of geological phenomena that also occur on Earth, including tectonic, volcanic, impact cratering, eolian, fluvial, glacial and possibly lacustrine and marine processes. The book provides terrestrial analogs for data sets from Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Exploration Rovers and Mars Express, and will therefore be a key reference for students and researchers of planetary science.

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“…Low ion and nutrient concentrations in the water column can produce similar effects on stromatolite morphology. Thin, columnar, and branching forms develop in less turbulent protected environments, whereas massive and planar forms are produced in deeper and more agitated environments (Grotzinger, 1989;Kah and Knoll, 1996;Bartley et al, 2000).…”

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Translation of energy into morphology: Simulation of stromatolite morphospace using a stochastic model

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2006

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Stromatolites are examples of an iterative system involving radiate accretive growth of microbial mats, biofilm and/or minerals that result from interaction between intrinsic and extrinsic factors, which progressively shape the final morphology. These interactions can neither be easily described by simple mathematical equations, nor by simple physical laws or chemical reactions. Therefore, a holistic approach that will reduce the system to a set of variables (which are combinations of natural variables) is proposed in order to create virtual morphologies which will be compared with their natural counterparts. The combination of both Diffusion Limited Aggregation (DLA) and cellular automata (CA) allows the exploration of the stromatolite morphological space and a representation of the intrinsic and extrinsic factors responsible for natural stromatolite morphogenesis. The holistic approach provides a translation in simple parameters of (1) the way that energy, nutrients and sedimentary particles reach the active surface of a future build-up, (2) how these elements are distributed and used in order to create morphology, and (3) how simple environmental parameters, such as sedimentation, can disturb morphogenesis. In addition, most Precambrian stromatolite morphologies that are impossible to produce with numerical modeling such as the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) equation can be simulated with the DLA-CA model and this, with a minimum set of variables.

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Lithification and Fabric Genesis in Precipitated Stromatolites and Associated Peritidal Carbonates, Mesoproterozoic Billyakh Group, Siberia

Cited by 49 publications

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Translation of energy into morphology: Simulation of stromatolite morphospace using a stochastic model

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