Nature and environmental significance of microbialites in Quaternary reefs: The Tahiti paradox

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 271-304

  Camoin, Gilbert F ^a   Gautret, Pascale ^b   Montaggioni, Lucien F ^c   Cabioch, Guy ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

French Polynesia; Holocene; Microbialites; Reef framework; Reefs; Sea level changes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; MICROBIAL FUNCTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

CARBONATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIALITE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUATERNARY; REEF; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; TAHITI;

EID: 0033166297     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00045-7     Document Type: Article

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