Messinian stromatolite-thrombolite associations, Santa Pola, SE Spain: An analogue for the Palaeozoic?

Sedimentology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 893-914

  Feldmann, Mark ^a   McKenzie, Judith A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSINIAN; MIOCENE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; STROMATOLITE; THROMBOLITE;

SPAIN, VALENCIA, ALICANTE, SANTA POLA;

EID: 0031437511     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1997.d01-53.x     Document Type: Article

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