Shark Bay stromatolites: Microfabrics and reinterpretation of origins

Facies

Volumn , Issue 49, 2003, Pages 299-324

  Reid, R Pamela ^a   James, Noel P ^b   Macintyre, Ian G ^c   Dupraz, Christophe P ^d   Burne, Robert V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Entophysalis; Marine; Micrite; Microbial; Precipitation; Shark Bay (Australia); Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

FACIES; MICRITE; MICROBIALITE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STROMATOLITE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ENTOPHYSALIS;

EID: 14344249368     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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