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Freshwater stromatolites with the cone-in-cone structure from the Neogene lacustrine sediments of Vietnam

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“Study of stromatolites is not so much a paleontological as a lithological task.”

V.P. Maslov (1960)

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Morphological features of the columnar-stratiform stromatolites, which resemble the cone-in-cone structure, from Neogene lacustrine sediments of northern Vietnam are analyzed. Their structural-textural peculiarities and interrelations with the host terrigenous sediments of a stromatolitic buildup are discussed. It is shown that stages of the growth of columns are recorded in the succession of vertically oriented carbonate plates, which form stromatolites, and in the serrate surface protrusions of the plates at their contacts with host sediments. It is established that replacement of the columnar stromatolites by the stratiform varieties in the section can be related to variations in the intensity of terrigenous material influx to the sedimentation basin. Stratiform stromatolites were formed during relatively slow accumulation of sedimentary material. Appearance of the columnar varieties is attributed to intensification of sedimentation.

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  1. Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyzhevskii per. 7, Moscow, 119017, Russia

    A. R. Geptner & V. V. Petrova

  2. Intitute of Geological Sciences (VAST), 84 Chùa Láng Str., Láng Thu’ọ’ng, Đống Đa, Hà Nội, Vietnam

    Phan Dong Pha, Nguen Xuan Huyen, Le Thi Nginh & Nguyen Minh Quang

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Original Russian Text © A.R. Geptner, Phan Dong Pha, V.V. Petrova, Nguen Xuan Huyen, Le Thi Nginh, Nguyen Minh Quang, 2013, published in Litologiya i Poleznye Iskopaemye, 2013, No. 1, pp. 532–542.

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Geptner, A.R., Pha, P.D., Petrova, V.V. et al. Freshwater stromatolites with the cone-in-cone structure from the Neogene lacustrine sediments of Vietnam. Lithol Miner Resour 48, 55–64 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S002449021206003X

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