Hydromagnesite replacement of biomineralized aragonite in a new location of Holocene stromatolites, Lake Walyungup, western Australia

Sedimentology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1005-1018

  Coshell, L ^a,d   Rosen, M R ^b   Mcnamara, K J ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d Wairakei Research Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; BIOMINERALIZATION; HOLOCENE; HYDROMAGNESITE; REPLACEMENT; STROMATOLITE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032456730     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1998.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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