A giant, Late Archean lake system: The Meentheena Member (Tumbiana Formation; Fortescue Group), Western Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 174, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 215-240

  Awramik, Stanley M ^a   Buchheim, H Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lacustrine; Late Archean; Meentheena Member; Stromatolites; Tumbiana Formation

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DESICCATION; EVAPORITE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LIMESTONE; LITHOFACIES; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STROMATOLITE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70349937894     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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