Microbial mat mediated structures in the Ediacaran Sonia Sandstone, Rajasthan, India, and their implications for proterozoic sedimentation

Precambrian Research

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 248-263

  Sarkar, Subir ^a   Bose, Pradip K ^a   Samanta, Pradip ^a   Sengupta, Pratip ^a   Eriksson, Patrick G ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mat influence on sedimentation; Microbial mat related structures; Palaeoenvironmental facies; Proterozoic clastic biosedimentology; Sonia Sandstone

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; EDIACARAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL MAT; PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; TRANSGRESSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 39849088854     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.07.019     Document Type: Article

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