Silica-carbonate stromatolites related to coastal hydrothermal venting in Bahía Concepción, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 97-113

  Canet, Carles ^a   Prol Ledesma, Rosa María ^a   Torres Alvarado, Ignacio ^b   Gilg, H Albert ^c   Villanueva, Ruth Esther ^a   Cruz, Rufino Lozano Santa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Microbialites; Opal A; Oxygen isotopes; Shallow hydrothermal vents; Sinter; Travertine

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; STROMATOLITE; THERMAL SPRING;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; CONCEPCION BAY [BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13244259249     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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