Microbial mats in terrigenous clastics: The challenge of identification in the rock record

Palaios

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-12

  Schieber, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC ROCK; MICROBIAL MAT; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 0033084128     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515357     Document Type: Article

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