Microbial mat control on siliciclastic Precambrian sequence stratigraphic architecture: Examples from India

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 176, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 195-209

  Sarkar, S ^a   Banerjee, S ^b   Eriksson, Patrick G ^c   Catuneanu, Octavian ^d  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

High net sedimentation; India; Microbial mat; Neoproterozoic siliciclastics; Stacking of highstand systems tracts

Indexed keywords

EUSTACY; MICROBIAL MAT; PRECAMBRIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 17544371669     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.12.012     Document Type: Article

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