Reconstructing sea-level change from the internal architecture of stromatolite reefs: An example from the Mesoproterozoic Sulky Formation, Dismal Lakes Group, arctic Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 653-669

  Kah, Linda C ^a   Bartley, Julie K ^b   Frank, Tracy D ^c   Lyons, Timothy W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MARINE TRANSGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STROMATOLITE;

GEOLOGY;

PROTEROZOIC; REEF FORMATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STROMATOLITE;

EID: 33750202369     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-013     Document Type: Article

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