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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2189-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2189-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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13 Apr 2018
Research article |
| 13 Apr 2018
The extant shore platform stromatolite (SPS) facies association: a glimpse into the Archean?
Alan Smith
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Discipline of Geology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville 3630, South Africa
Coast Busters Inc Research Group, 29 Brown's Grove, Sherwood, Durban 4091, South Africa
Andrew Cooper
Discipline of Geology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville 3630, South Africa
School of Environmental Science, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
Saumitra Misra
Discipline of Geology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville 3630, South Africa
Vishal Bharuth
Microscopy and Microanalysis Unit, University of KwaZulu Natal, Westville 3630, South Africa
Lisa Guastella
Bayworld Centre for Research and Education (BCRE), Cape Town, South Africa
Coast Busters Inc Research Group, 29 Brown's Grove, Sherwood, Durban 4091, South Africa
Riaan Botes
Geo-Dynamic Systems, P.O. Box 1283, Westville 3630, South Africa
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Growing shore-platform stromatolites are increasingly found on modern rocky coasts. Stromatolites are very similar to Archean and Proterozoic stromatolites. A study of modern stromatolites may shed light on the conditions that existed on the early Earth and other planets and possibly provide information on how life began.
Growing shore-platform stromatolites are increasingly found on modern rocky coasts....
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