Kinneyia-type wrinkle structures - Critical review and model of formation

Palaios

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 65-77

  Porada, Hubertus ^a   Ghergut, Julia ^a   Bouougri, El Hafid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BEDDING PLANE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL MAT; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TIDAL FLAT;

EID: 39549102817     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2006.p06-095r     Document Type: Review

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