Tag Archive for: Stromatolites
eastern Uinta Basin, Uintah County, Utah
Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2014
Algal stromatolites from the Green River Formation, eastern Uinta Basin, Uintah County.
Is that coral in Great Salt Lake? Great Salt Lake was lower than average last summer, exposing coral-like structures that are usually beneath water. Maybe some of you saw them!
Great Salt Lake has reef-like structures that resemble coral and are often called coral, yet they are not true coral. Algae build bulbous sedimentary rock structures known by various names: algal bioherms and stromatolites are two of the most common.
Read more about bioherms and stromatolites in our “Glad You Asked” article HERE
Tag Archive for: Stromatolites
eastern Uinta Basin, Uintah County, Utah
Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2014
Algal stromatolites from the Green River Formation, eastern Uinta Basin, Uintah County.
Is that coral in Great Salt Lake? Great Salt Lake was lower than average last summer, exposing coral-like structures that are usually beneath water. Maybe some of you saw them!
Great Salt Lake has reef-like structures that resemble coral and are often called coral, yet they are not true coral. Algae build bulbous sedimentary rock structures known by various names: algal bioherms and stromatolites are two of the most common.
Read more about bioherms and stromatolites in our “Glad You Asked” article HERE