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Stromatolites
3.50 billion years ago
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Microbes That Built Mountains of Time
Living stromatolites at Hamelin Pool in Shark Bay are formed as photosynthetic microbes trap and bind sediment, slowly building mounds and columns layer by layer. They are close analogues to fossil stromatolites that were common in the Archaean and Proterozoic oceans, when few larger organisms existed to graze them down.
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Living stromatolites at Hamelin Pool in Shark Bay are formed as photosynthetic microbes trap and bind sediment, slowly building mounds and columns layer by layer. They are close analogues to fossil stromatolites that were common in the Archaean and Proterozoic oceans, when few larger organisms existed to graze them down.