The mud mound nature of the Cassian platform margins of the Dolomites. A case history: The Cipit boulders from Punta Grohmann(Sasso Piatto Massif, Northern Italy)

Facies

Volumn , Issue 36, 1997, Pages 25-36

  Russo, Franco ^a   Neri, Claudio ^b   Mastandrea, Adelaide ^c   Baracca, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allomicrites; Automicrites; Dolomites (Italy); Microbialites; Mud Mounds; Triassic (Late ladinian)

Indexed keywords

CASSIA; CYANOBACTERIA; SENNA; SPHINCTOZOA; TUBIPHYTES;

BOUNDSTONE; CARBONATE ROCK; MICROBIOFACIES; MUD MOUND; TRIASSIC;

ITALY, DOLOMITES;

EID: 0030690051     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02536875     Document Type: Review

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