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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4775-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4775-2023
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04 Dec 2023
Research article |  | 04 Dec 2023

Serpulid microbialitic bioherms from the upper Sarmatian (Middle Miocene) of the central Paratethys Sea (NW Hungary) – witnesses of a microbial sea

Mathias Harzhauser, Oleg Mandic, and Werner E. Piller

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Bowl-shaped spirorbid microbialite bioherms formed during the late Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) in the central Paratethys Sea under a warm, arid climate. The microbialites and the surrounding sediment document a predominance of microbial activity in the shallow marine environments of the sea at that time. Modern microbialites are not analogues for these unique structures, which reflect a series of growth stages with an initial “start-up stage”, massive “keep-up stage” and termination of growth.
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