Deep Water Stromatolites Found in Arabian Sea at 731 m Water Depth

[Oxytropidoceras]

Himmler, T., Smrzka, D., Zwicker, J., Kasten, S., Shapiro,

R.S., Bohrmann, G. and Peckmann, J., 2018. Stromatolites

below the photic zone in the northern Arabian Sea formed

by calcifying chemotrophic microbial mats. Geology.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323211798_Stromatolites_below_the_photic_zone_in_the_northern_Arabian_Sea_formed_by_calcifying_chemotrophic_microbial_mats

https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/74385017_Tobias_Himmler

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/528309/stromatolites-below-the-photic-zone-in-the

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

[GordonC]

Nice article with photos. Here near Port Jervis NY we have a stromatolite zone in the upper Manlius Formation about 419 mya. Gordon