Microscopic characteristics of microbially induced sedimentary structures from Yunmengshan Formation in Jiaozuo, North China

Activities of benthic prokaryotes in response to the sedimentary dynamics could form the characteristic structures known as microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS), arising syndepositionally from the interactions of biofilms and microbial mats with the sedimentary grains due to the variations in hydraulic parameters in siliciclastic aquatic environments. Xing et al report the MISS from the Yunmengshan Formation in the south margin of North China platform, exposed in the West Henan.