Microbialite morphology, structure and growth: A model of the Upper Jurassic reefs of the Chay Peninsula (Western France)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 193, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 383-404

  Olivier, Nicolas ^a   Hantzpergue, Pierre ^a   Gaillard, Christian ^a   Pittet, Bernard ^a   Leinfelder, Reinhold R ^b   Schmid, Dieter U ^b   Werner, Winfried ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Bayerische Staatssammlung P   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corals; Kimmeridgian; Microbialites; Morphology; Reef

Indexed keywords

CORAL; JURASSIC; KIMMERIDGIAN; MICROBIALITE; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; REEF;

AQUITAINE BASIN; CHAY PENINSULA; FRANCE;

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA;

EID: 0037403871     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00236-0     Document Type: Article

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