Modern freshwater microbialites from Kelly Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Palaios

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-219

  Ferris, F Grant ^a   Thompson, Joel B ^b   Beveridge, Terrance J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCCOIDEA; CYANOBACTERIA;

BIOMINERALIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; STROMATOLITE; THROMBOLITE;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, KELLY LAKE;

EID: 0031450144     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515423     Document Type: Article

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