Microbialites are known from a range of terrestrial, freshwater, marine, and marginal
settings. The descriptive terminology used in each instance depends largely on the historical …

Microbial mats were the dominant habitat type in shallow marine environments between the
Palaeoarchean and Phanerozoic. Many of these (termed 'microbialites') calcified as they …

Contemporary microbialite formation has been documented on rock coasts in a variety of
geomorphic, oceanographic, and climatic settings. Based on a synthesis of these diverse …

Microbialites are formed through two processes, the trapping and binding of sediment grains
and mineral precipitation. Sediment trapping and binding result in coarse sandy textures …