Late Palaeoproterozoic (~1800-1600 Ma) stromatolites, Cuddapah Basin, southern India: cyanobacterial or other bacterial microfabrics?

Precambrian Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-35

  Riding, Robert ^a   Sharma, Mukund ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIA;

BACTERIUM; PROTEROZOIC; STROMATOLITE;

INDIA;

EID: 0032172153     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00065-5     Document Type: Article

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