Evidence for initial calcite-aragonite composition of lower algal chert member ooids and stromatolites, Paleoproterozoic Gunflint formation, Ontario, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1229-1243

  Sommers, M G ^a   Awramik, S M ^a   Woo, K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; CHERT; OOID; PROTEROZOIC; STROMATOLITE;

CANADA;

EID: 0033791375     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e00-040     Document Type: Article

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