Extensive microbial mats and their influences on the erosional and depositional dynamics of a siliciclastic cold water environment (Lower Arenigian, Montagne Noire, France)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 207-215

  Noffke, N ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosional and depositional dynamics; Extensive microbial mats; Siliciclastic cold water environment

Indexed keywords

ARENIGIAN; COLD WATER; MICROBIAL MAT; ORDOVICIAN; SHALLOW WATER;

FRANCE;

EID: 0033756311     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(00)00098-1     Document Type: Article

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