Linking the distribution of microbial deposits from the Great Salt Lake
(Utah, USA) to tectonic and climatic processes

Bouton, Anthony; Vennin, Emmanuelle; Boulle, Julien; Pace, Aurélie; Bourillot, Raphaël; Thomazo, Christophe; Brayard, Arnaud; Désaubliaux, Guy; Goslar, Tomasz; Yokoyama, Yusuke; Dupraz, Christophe; Visscher, Pieter T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5511-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 19

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5511-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5511-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 19

Research article

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05 Oct 2016

Research article |

| 05 Oct 2016

Linking the distribution of microbial deposits from the Great Salt Lake (Utah, USA) to tectonic and climatic processes

Anthony Bouton, Emmanuelle Vennin, Julien Boulle, Aurélie Pace, Raphaël Bourillot, Christophe Thomazo, Arnaud Brayard, Guy Désaubliaux, Tomasz Goslar, Yusuke Yokoyama, Christophe Dupraz, and Pieter T. Visscher

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The modern hypersaline Great Salt Lake shows an extended modern and ancient microbial sedimentary system. This study on aerial images and field observations discusses the non-random distribution patterns of microbial deposits along linear alignments following isobaths, polygonal geometry or straight alignments along a topographic drop-off. This particular distribution of microbial deposits brings further insights to the reconstruction of paleoenvironments and paleoclimatic changes.