Cryptic intertidal microbialites in beachrock, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef: Implications for the origin of microcrystalline beachrock cement

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 317-334

  Webb, Gregory E ^a   Jell, John S ^a   Baker, Julian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beachrock; Cement; Diagenesis; Great Barrier Reef; Microbialite

Indexed keywords

BEACHROCK; CARBONATE; DIAGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIALITE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033166460     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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