Paleoceanographic constraints on Precambrian phosphorite accumulation, Baraga Group, Michigan, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 226, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 9-21

  Nelson, Gabriel J ^a,c   Pufahl, Peir K ^a   Hiatt, Eric E ^b  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^c GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baraga Group; Michigan; Oceanography; Phosphorites; Precambrian; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LITHOFACIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUDSTONE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PHOSPHORITE; PRECAMBRIAN; SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHALLOW WATER; TRANSGRESSION;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77952941511     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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