Microbially mediated phosphatization in the Neoproterozoic Doushantuo Lagerstätte, South China

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-361

  Hubert, Benoìt ^a   Álvaro, Jose Javier ^b,c   Chen, Jun Yuan ^d,e  

^a Laboratoire de Paleontologie et Paleogeographie du Paleozoique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^e Early Life Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

Apatite; China; Diagenesis; Lagerst tte; Microbialites; Neoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

ALGA; LAGERSTATTE; PHOSPHATIZATION; PROTEROZOIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

ALGAE; PSEUDOMORPHA;

EID: 24944529003     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/176.4.355     Document Type: Article

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