Impressions of the biota associated with waterfalls and cascades from a Holocene tufa in the Zrmanja river Canyon, Croatia

Geologia Croatica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-37

  Pavlović, Gordana ^a   Zupanič, Jožica ^a   Prohić, Esad ^a   Tibljaš, Darko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Aggradational neomorphism; Algally coated grains; Algally laminated crusts; Cementation; Croatia; Encrusted mossy deposits; Holocene; River Zrmanja; Tufa

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 17144415168     PISSN: 1330030X     EISSN: 13334875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4154/GC.2002.03     Document Type: Article

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