Youngest Early Carboniferous (Late Visean) shallow-water patch reefs in Eastern Australia (Rockhampton Group, Queensland): Combining quantitative micro- and macro-scale data

Facies

Volumn , Issue 41, 1999, Pages 111-139

  Webb, Gregory E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early Carboniferous; Eastern Australia; Framework; Quantitative analysis; Reef; Sponge; Thrombolite

Indexed keywords

APHROPHYLLUM; AUSTRALIA; BIOFILM; CARBONIC ACID; FOSSIL; MACROFAUNA; MACROFLORA; MICROFAUNA; MICROFLORA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REEF; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SKELETAL ORGANISM; THROMBOLITE;

CARBONIFEROUS; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REEF; THROMBOLITE; VISEAN;

AUSTRALIA; CRAIGILEE ANTICLINE; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; BRYOZOA; CARBONIFEROUS; CRINOIDEA; PELMATOZOA;

EID: 0033498540     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02537462     Document Type: Article

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