Microbial mats implicated in the generation of intrastratal shrinkage (“synaeresis”) cracks

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• syneresis 100%
• microbial mat 80%
• crack 50%
• mudstone 49%
• Phanerozoic 12%
• depositional environment 11%
• total organic carbon 10%
• salinity 8%
• environmental indicator 7%
• bedding plane 7%
• burrowing 6%
• trace fossil 6%
• sedimentary structure 6%
• microfossil 6%
• thin section 5%
• contraction 5%
• carbon isotope 5%
• Precambrian 5%
• Ordovician 5%
• clay mineral 5%
• grazing 5%
• marine environment 5%
• beach 4%
• sandstone 4%
• sand 3%
• distribution 2%
• parameter 2%