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Science 28 January 1983:
Vol. 219. no. 4583, pp. 385 - 386
DOI: 10.1126/science.219.4583.385
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Hardened Subtidal Stromatolites, Bahamas

JEFFREY J. DRAVIS 1

1 Exxon Production Research Co., Houston, Texas 77001

Hardened, high-relief stromatolites have been discovered along the margins of some Bahamian platforms. They occur in high-energy (tidal) oolitic sand environments in waters ranging in depth from about 1 to 5 meters. Physical stress produced by actively migrating bed forms of oolitic sand appears to exclude grazing gastropods and subsequent community successions, permitting stromatolite growth.

Submitted on August 23, 1982
Revised on October 22, 1982


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