Ooidal ironstones and laminated ferruginous deposits from the Silurian of the Carnic Alps, Austria

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-278

  Ferretti, Annalisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carnic Alps; Ferruginous laminated deposits; Microbialites; Ooidal ironstones; Silurian

Indexed keywords

IRONSTONE; MICROBIALITE; OOID; SILURIAN;

ALPS; CARNIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

CEPHALOPODA; FUNGI; LAMIINAE; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 31944439600     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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