Lower cambrian apatitic stromatolites and phospharenites related to the glacio-eustatic cratonic rebound (Sahara, Algeria)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 957-974

  Bertrand Sarfati, Janine ^a   Flicoteaux, Rene ^b   Moussine Pouchkine, Alexis ^c   Ahmed, Ali Ait Kaci ^d  

^a UMR 5557   (France)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Geological Survey Department   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MICA; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; EARLY CAMBRIANS; EARLY PALEOZOIC; IN-SITU PRECIPITATION; ISOSTATIC REBOUND; LOWER CAMBRIANS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL;

SEA LEVEL;

CAMBRIAN; ONCOLITE; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORITE; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STROMATOLITE;

ALGERIA, TAOUDENNI BASIN;

EID: 0031458412     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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