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you can see some of the lava flow here with a mixture of argillite rocks everywhere. You can also see the Algal Reef on the right middle layer on Iceberg Peak. This organic reef has been formed largely of algal remains and in which algae are or were the main lime-secreting organisms.
“When stromatolites formed in what is today Glacier National Park, this area was covered in a giant water body, likely a sea that we call the Belt Sea,” “This water body was likely a warm, shallow sea in a landscape barren of vegetation. A world with no plants, shrubs or trees means tons of erosion. While that sea was here, the massive erosion led to the deposition of more than 10,000 feet of sediment that would become the massive mountains we so enjoy in Glacier National Park.”
Stromatolites formed in the bottoms of the warm, shallow sea, and became responsible, through photosynthesis, for the oxygen-rich atmosphere that humans, plants and animals live in today. As part of their metabolism, they’d take in sunlight and carbon dioxide, and, in turn, release oxygen.
“When stromatolites formed in what is today Glacier National Park, this area was covered in a giant water body, likely a sea that we call the Belt Sea,” “This water body was likely a warm, shallow sea in a landscape barren of vegetation. A world with no plants, shrubs or trees means tons of erosion. While that sea was here, the massive erosion led to the deposition of more than 10,000 feet of sediment that would become the massive mountains we so enjoy in Glacier National Park.”
Stromatolites formed in the bottoms of the warm, shallow sea, and became responsible, through photosynthesis, for the oxygen-rich atmosphere that humans, plants and animals live in today. As part of their metabolism, they’d take in sunlight and carbon dioxide, and, in turn, release oxygen.