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Non-lithifying microbial ecosystem dissolves peritidal lime sand
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DOI：10.1038/s41467-021-23006-1.png)
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Microbialites accrete where environmental conditions and microbial metabolisms promote lithification, commonly through carbonate cementation. On Little Ambergris Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands, microbial mats occur widely in peritidal environments above ooid sand but do not become lithified or preserved. Sediment cores and porewater geochemistry indicated that aerobic respiration and sulfide oxidation inhibit lithification and dissolve calcium carbonate sand despite widespread aragonite precipitation from platform surface waters. Here, we report that in tidally pumped environments, microbial metabolisms can negate the effects of taphonomically-favorable seawater chemistry on carbonate mineral saturation and microbialite development. Present et al. examine the processes controlling lithification of microbial mats in a Caribbean peritidal carbonate environment. The authors present sedimentological and geochemical evidence of a surprising bias against preserving the most robust, widespread microbial ecosystems in the sedimentary record.
Keywords:
INORGANIC CARBON
CAICOS PLATFORM
EXUMA-CAYS
MATS
DISSOLUTION
LITHIFICATION
STROMATOLITES
SULFUR
GROWTH
OXYGEN
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