A close look at Late Carboniferous algal mounds: Schulterkofel, Carnic Alps, Austria

Facies

Volumn , Issue 49, 2003, Pages 325-350

  Krainer, Karl ^a   Flügel, Erik ^b   Vachard, Daniel ^c   Joachimski, Michael M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Algae (Anthracoporella); Algal reefs; Carnic Alps (Austria); Facies analysis; Late Carboniferous; Reef mounds; Smaller foraminifera

Indexed keywords

ALGAL MAT; CARBONIFEROUS; FACIES; STROMATOLITE;

ALPS; CARNIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ALGAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CHLOROPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 1942435409     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-003-0037-7     Document Type: Article

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