TENG Jian-bin, JIN Chun-hua, SHEN Jian-wei. THE DEVELOPING PATTERN FOR CRYPTIC INTERTIDAL MICROBIALITES IN BEACHROCK OF SHUIWEI RIDGE OF LUHUITOU PENINSULA[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2007, 27(3): 25-30.
Citation: TENG Jian-bin, JIN Chun-hua, SHEN Jian-wei. THE DEVELOPING PATTERN FOR CRYPTIC INTERTIDAL MICROBIALITES IN BEACHROCK OF SHUIWEI RIDGE OF LUHUITOU PENINSULA[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2007, 27(3): 25-30.
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THE DEVELOPING PATTERN FOR CRYPTIC INTERTIDAL MICROBIALITES IN BEACHROCK OF SHUIWEI RIDGE OF LUHUITOU PENINSULA

  • 1 Key Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology of CAS, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, CAS, Guangzhou 510301, China;

  • 2 China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China;

  • 3 Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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  • Received Date: December 19, 2006
  • Revised Date: January 22, 2007
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  • Microbialites with microcolumnar growth morphology occuring on the surfaces of crypts of coral reef were first found in beachrock on Shuiwei ridge, Luhuitou Peninsula.This kind of microbialites is a special one and different from microbialites found in beachrock on Heron Island by Webb et al(1999).The growth pattern of microbialites was discussed and divided into 5 growth phases. The discovery of the microbialites in the beachrock suggests a clear microbial origin for certain carbonate cements. Three types of the endolithic microbial borings were preserved in the coral reefs and seashells of the beachrock. Seashells collected from Shuiwei ridge beachrock containing microborings appear to have preserved most of their original fibrous and prismatic shell texture. Microborings in beachrock can be interpreted as microbial tracks and indicate that microbial play an important role during the forming of the beachrock.
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