Origin of 3.45 Ga coniform stromatolites in Warrawoona Group, Western Australia

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1256-1262

  Hofmann, H J ^a   Grey, K ^b   Hickman, A H ^b   Thorpe, R I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY; CENTIMETER-SCALE; GROWTH SURFACES; HYPERSALINE; LOW-AMPLITUDE; PILBARA REGIONS; SECOND ORDERS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; STROMATOLITE;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033457384     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<1256:OOGCSI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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