Reef-capping laminites in the Upper Silurian carbonate-to-evaporite transition, Michigan Basin, south-western Ontario

Sedimentology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 653-668

  Coniglio, Mario ^a   Frizzell, Rob ^a   Pratt, Brian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Guelph Formation; Laminites; Michigan Basin; Reefs; Salina Group; Silurian; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DIAGENESIS; EVAPORITE; PINNACLE REEF; SILURIAN; STROMATOLITE;

CANADA; MICHIGAN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 2942548942     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2004.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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