Benthic cyanobacteria and their influence on the sedimentary dynamics of peritidal depositional systems (siliciclastic, evaporitic salty, and evaporitic carbonatic)

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 163-176

  Noffke, Nora ^a   Gerdes, Gisela ^b   Klenke, Thomas ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic cyanobacteria; Depositional systems; Sedimentary dynamics

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 0043204334     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(02)00158-7     Document Type: Article

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