Significance of stromatoporoids in Jurassic reefs and carbonate platforms - Concepts and implications

Facies

Volumn 51, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 287-325

  Leinfelder, Reinhold R ^a,b   Schlagintweit, Felix ^c   Werner, Winfried ^a,b   Ebli, Oskar ^b   Nose, Martin ^b   Schmid, Dieter U ^a   Hughes, G Wyn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^d SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Corals; Ecology; Jurassic; Palaeobiogeography; Platforms; Reefs; Stromatoporoids; Tethys; Trophic mode

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CORAL REEF; JURASSIC;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA; STROMATOPOROIDA;

EID: 30044438156     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-005-0055-8     Document Type: Article

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