Steep microbial boundstone-dominated platform margins - Examples and implications

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 5-30

  Kenter, Jeroen A M ^a   Harris, Paul M ^b   Della Porta, Giovanna ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Architecture; Growth rate; Microbial boundstone; Progradation

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONIFEROUS; PROGRADATION;

METAZOA;

EID: 21344434079     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.12.033     Document Type: Article

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