Early ordovician microbial reef mounds of the tribes Hill formation, Mohawk Valley, New York

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 226-240

  Friedman, Gerald M ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Northeastern Science Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH ENERGY FACIES; MICROBIAL REEF MOUND; ORDOVICIAN; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; THROMBOLITE;

USA, NEW YORK, MOHAWK VALLEY;

EID: 0030437156     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175641     Document Type: Article

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