Day 2, April 15 - Posters

Modeling of microbial mat decay and implications for the early Earth fossil record

Start Date

15-4-2020 9:00 AM

End Date

15-4-2020 11:00 AM

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

Microbial mats represent Earth’s earliest ecosystems. However, the effects of decomposition on microbial mat preservation are unknown. This model will predict how microbial mats decay over time, which can then be compared to mats in the rock record.

Date

April 2020

Document Type

posters

Language

English

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http://rightsstatement.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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Modeling of microbial mat decay and implications for the early Earth fossil record

Microbial mats represent Earth’s earliest ecosystems. However, the effects of decomposition on microbial mat preservation are unknown. This model will predict how microbial mats decay over time, which can then be compared to mats in the rock record.