Epiphytic calcium carbonate production and facies development within sub-tropical seagrass beds, Inhaca Island, Mozambique

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 174, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 161-176

  Perry, C T ^a   Beavington Penney, Simon J ^b,c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate mud; Epiphytes; Seagrass; Sub tropical carbonates; Thalassia hemprichii; Thalassodendron ciliatum

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; EPIPHYTE; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENTATION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; INHACA ISLAND; MAPUTO; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 14244263380     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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