Microhermal nodules of Renalcis-like calcimicrobes from Oxfordian limestones of the Sierra Madre Oriental (Novillo Formation, Mexico)

Facies

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-248

  Fischer, Rudolf ^a   Michalzik, Dieter ^b   Helm, Carsten ^a  

^a Mineralogie und Geophysik der Ruhr Universität Bochum ^*  (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofacies; Mexico; Microbialite; Mounds; Palaeoenvironment; Shallow platform; UpperJurassic (Oxfordian)

Indexed keywords

BIOFACIES; GROWTH RATE; LIMESTONE; MICROBIALITE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFOSSIL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; OXFORDIAN; OXYGENATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

FORAMINIFERA; RENALCIS; SHAMOVELLA;

EID: 34147097018     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-006-0099-4     Document Type: Article

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