Siliciclastic stromatolites and other microbially induced sedimentary structures in an early Devonian barrier-island environment (Muth Formation, NW Himalayas)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-202

  Draganits, Erich ^a   Noffke, Nora ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEXTURES;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EMERGENT CONDITIONS; ISLAND ENVIRONMENTS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL STRUCTURES; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SILICICLASTIC ENVIRONMENT;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEVONIAN; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STROMATOLITE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 2142751065     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/091903740191     Document Type: Article

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