Biomarker features of sabkha-associated microbialites from the Zechstein Platy Dolomite (Upper Permian) of northern Poland

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 92-101

  Maliński, Edmund ^a   Gasiewicz, Andrzej ^b   Witkowski, Andrzej ^c   Szafranek, Janusz ^a   Pihlaja, Kalevi ^d   Oksman, Pentti ^d   Wiinamäki, Kirsti ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

eba Elevation (N Poland); Cyanobacterial microbialites; Organic matter; Sabkha; Zechstein (Upper Permian) Platy Dolomite

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOLOMITE; MICROBIALITE; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMIAN; SABKHA; SHALLOW WATER; ZECHSTEIN;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEBA ELEVATION; POLAND; POMORSKIE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 60349118833     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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