The timing and environment of tepee formation in a Marinoan cap carbonate

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 195-208

  Gammon, P R ^a   McKirdy, D M ^b   Smith, H D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cap carbonate; Neoproterozoic; Sheet veins; Tepee structure

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DEPOSITION; DOLOMITE; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; FLINDERS RANGE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 20444425809     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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