Microbial carbonates as indicators of environmental change and biotic crises in carbonate systems: Examples from the Late Devonian, Alberta basin, Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 181, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 127-151

  Whalen, Michael T ^a   Day, Jed ^b   Eberli, Gregor P ^c   Homewood, Peter W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alberta; Frasnian Famennian mass extinction; Late Devonian; Microbial carbonates; Nutrification; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA;

ANTHOZOA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CRINOIDEA; ENTOVALVA; METAZOA; STROMATOPOROIDA; STROMATOPOROIDEA;

EID: 0037141873     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00476-X     Document Type: Article

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