Modern estuarine siliceous spiculites, Tasmania, Australia: A non-polar link to phanerozoic spiculitic cherts

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-110

  Reid, Catherine M ^a,b   James, N P ^a   Kyser, T K ^a   Barrett, N ^c   Hirst, A J ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biosiliceous; Chert; Estuarine; Spiculite

Indexed keywords

BIOSILICEOUS; CHERT; SPICULITE;

CARBONATES; ESTUARIES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; SILICATES;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CHERT; COASTAL WATER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HALOCLINE; PHANEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SHALLOW WATER; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; TANNIN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BATHURST HARBOUR; TASMANIA;

ALCYONACEA; BRYOZOA; ECHINODERMATA;

EID: 44449121746     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24333A.1     Document Type: Article

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