Early Devonian Kess-Kess carbonate mud mounds of the eastern Anti-Atlas (Morocco), and their relation to submarine hydrothermal venting

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 368-377

  Belka, Zdzislaw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE BUILDUP; DEVONIAN; HYDROTHERMAL VENT;

MOROCCO;

EID: 13144266774     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D42687B1-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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