Marine Life Society of South Australia Inc.
Understanding, enjoying and caring for our oceans
Stromatolites and thrombolites are now being referred to as microbialites. According to Wikipedia, there are 3 types of microbialites: – “Microbialites can have three different fabrics: Stromatolitic: microbialite layered, laminated…
We recently received the following email message from Bradley Clarke-Wood, Conservation Ecologist, Regional Operations – Limestone Coast Region | National Parks & Wildlife Service Division, Department for Environment and Water:…
We receive all manner of enquiries about our local marine life. A recent enquiry, however, concerned this ‘fossil’ from Victoria (please excuse the background): – My friend and I were…
There is a plaque at St Kilda (SA) explaining about the rocks used to build the long breakwater there: – Certainly, it can be hard to read, but this is…
The Discovery of a 23m-year-old fossil in Mount Gambier By Steve Reynolds (STEVE’S SDFSA SCIENCE STORY for the month of November) I confess that I maintain only a limited interest…
If you think that my online ramblings have been light on recently, it is possibly because I have been busy with other projects. One such project has been writing the…
I stated in my “Thrombolites” article in our September 2013 Newsletter (No. 405) that “I couldn’t recall having heard of thrombolites”. That was despite the fact that I had previously…
Whilst watching a documentary on ABC TV, I saw what I thought were stromatolites, only to learn that they were called “thrombolites”. I couldn’t recall having heard of thrombolites. These…