Origin and significance of tube structures in Neoproterozoic post-glacial cap carbonates: Example from Noonday Dolomite, Death Valley, United States

Palaios

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 348-362

  Corsetti, Frank A ^a   Grotzinger, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIALITE; PROTEROZOIC; STROMATOLITE; TRACE FOSSIL;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LAMIINAE;

EID: 23244434461     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2003.p03-96     Document Type: Article

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