Fabric transitions from shell accumulations to reefs: An introduction with Palaeozoic examples

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 275, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-16

  Álvaro, Jose Javier ^a,b   Aretz, Markus ^c   Boulvain, Frédéric ^d   Munnecke, Axel ^e   Vachard, Daniel ^b   Vennin, Emmanuelle ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEOCYATHA; BRACHIOPODA; BRYOZOA; ECHINODERMATA; FORAMINIFERA; PELMATOZOA; SOLEIDAE; STROMATOPOROIDA;

EID: 34247247240     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.275.01.01     Document Type: Editorial

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