Lacustrine dolomite in deep time: What really matters in early dolomite formation and accumulation?

P Guo, H Wen, C Li, H He, M Sánchez-Román - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Lacustrine dolomite has received considerable attention during the last twenty years due to
its scientific and high economic value in conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon …

Dissolution enables dolomite crystal growth near ambient conditions

J Kim, Y Kimura, B Puchala, T Yamazaki, U Becker… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Crystals grow in supersaturated solutions. A mysterious counterexample is dolomite CaMg
(CO3) 2, a geologically abundant sedimentary mineral that does not readily grow at ambient …

Controlling pore-scale processes to tame subsurface biomineralization

J Jimenez-Martinez, J Nguyen, D Or - Reviews in Environmental Science …, 2022 - Springer
Microorganisms capable of biomineralization can catalyze mineral precipitation by
modifying local physical and chemical conditions. In porous media, such as soil and rock …

Variability of blue carbon storage in arid evaporitic environment of two coastal Sabkhas or mudflats

ZA Al Disi, K Naja, S Rajendran, H Elsayed… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Coastal Sabkhas are mudflats found in arid coastal regions that are located within the
supratidal zone when high rates of evaporation lead to high salinity. While evaporitic …

[HTML][HTML] Organic matter diagenesis and precipitation of Mg-rich carbonate and dolomite in modern hypersaline lagoons linked to climate changes

C Areias, CF Barbosa, APS Cruz, JA McKenzie… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Lipid-biomarkers have been used to reconstruct environmental changes in lacustrine
systems on a range of time scales. Lake sediments are excellent archives to apply these …

Depositional control on composition, texture and diagenesis of modern carbonate sediments: A comparative study of tidal channels and marshes, Abu Dhabi, United …

T Cao, M Alsuwaidi, G Antler, G Zhao, S Morad - Sedimentary Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Petrography, geochemistry, radiocarbon dating, and porewater chemistry of modern
carbonate sediments in the mangrove marshes and tidal channels along the Abu Dhabi …

[HTML][HTML] Sabkha and salina dolomite preserves the biogeochemical conditions of its depositional paleoenvironment

M Sánchez-Román, L Gibert, JD Martín-Martín… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Precipitation of Mg-carbonate minerals, ranging from Mg-calcite to Ca-rich dolomite, is
typically associated with microbial activity, and commonly takes place in saline …

Metagenomic,(bio) chemical, and microscopic analyses reveal the potential for the cycling of sulfated EPS in Shark Bay pustular mats

EJ Skoog, KR Moore, J Gong, D Ciccarese… - ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Cyanobacteria and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in peritidal pustular microbial
mats have a two-billion-year-old fossil record. To understand the composition, production …

Ubiquitous occurrence of organogenic dolomite in a late Ediacaran limestone-dominated succession from the Eastern Yangtze Gorges area of South China

Q Xiao, Z Xia, Z She, D Papineau, G Luo, B Chang… - Precambrian …, 2024 - Elsevier
The widespread occurrence of dolostones in Paleozoic and Precambrian sequences stands
in stark contrast to the difficulty of precipitating dolomite in experiments at low temperature …

[HTML][HTML] Bioinduced precipitation of smectites and carbonates in photosynthetic diatom-rich microbial mats: Effect of culture medium

P del Buey, ME Sanz-Montero, M Sánchez-Román - Applied Clay Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The association of Mg II clays with dolomite is common in ancient and modern lacustrine
environments, although, the role of microbial activity in their precipitation remains a …