Environmental control on diverse stromatolite morphologies in the 3000 Myr Pongola Supergroup, South Africa

Sedimentology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 383-397

  BEUKES, NICOLAS J ^a,b   LOWE, DONALD R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; CYANOBACTERIA; PONGOLA SUPERGROUP; STROMATOLITE; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL FLAT;

SOUTH AFRICA, NATAL, WHITE UMFOLOZI RIVER;

EID: 0024484268     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1989.tb00615.x     Document Type: Article

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