Palaeoenvironmental significance of lacustrine stromatolites of the Arnstadt Formation ("Steinmergelkeuper", Upper Triassic, N-Germany)

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Volumn 51, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 419-441

  Arp, Gernot ^a   Bielert, Friedrich ^b   Hoffmann, Veit Enno ^a   Löffler, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm calcification; Cyanobacteria; Lacustrine; Playa lake; Sedimentary cycles; Stable isotopes; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STROMATOLITE; TRIASSIC;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 29944432560     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-005-0063-8     Document Type: Article

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