A microscopic sedimentary succession of graded sand and microbial mats in modern siliciclastic tidal flats

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Noffke, Nora ^a   Gerdes, Gisela ^a   Klenke, Thomas ^a   Krumbein, Wolfgang E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biostabilization; Graded sand; Microbial mats; Microscopic sedimentary succession; Particle orientation; Siliciclastic

Indexed keywords

GRAIN ORIENTATION; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROBIAL MATS; SEDIMENTARY SUCCESSION; SEDIMENTATION; TIDAL FLAT; TIDAL FLATS;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0030810567     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00039-0     Document Type: Article

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