Middle Devonian reef and mud mounds on a carbonate ramp: Mader Basin (eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 149, Issue , 1998, Pages 417-435

  Kaufmann, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0346499823     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.19     Document Type: Article

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