Submarine-spring controlled calcification and growth of large Rivularia bioherms, Late Pleistocene (MIS 5e), Gulf of Corinth, Greece

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 441-465

  Portman, Clive ^a   Andrews, Julian E ^a   Rowe, Peter J ^a   Leeder, Michael R ^a   Hoogewerff, Jurian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial calcification; Gulf of Corinth; Marine isotope stage 5e; Microbial bioherms; Rivularia

Indexed keywords

BIOHERM; BRACKISH WATER; CYANOBACTERIUM; PLEISTOCENE;

GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA; RIVULARIA HAEMATITES;

EID: 20644458571     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00704.x     Document Type: Review

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