Tepee-shaped agglutinated microbialites: An example from a Famennian carbonate platform on the Lennard Shelf, northern Canning Basin, Western Australia

Sedimentology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-265

  Chow, Nancy ^a   George, Annette D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canning Basin; Devonian reef complexes; Famennian; Microbial mounds; Stromatolites; Thrombolites

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; FAMENNIAN; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STROMATOLITE; THROMBOLITE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANNING BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 2142763022     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2003.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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