Microbial facies in a Sturtian cap carbonate, the Rasthof Formation, Otavi Group, northern Namibia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 181, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 187-198

  Pruss, Sara B ^a   Bosak, Tanja ^b   Macdonald, Francis A ^c   McLane, Marie ^a   Hoffman, Paul F ^c,d  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cap carbonate; Cryogenian; Microbialaminite; Namibia; Neoproterozoic; Roll up structure

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CLASTIC DIKE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES; GLACIATION; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROBIALITE; PROTEROZOIC; TRANSGRESSION;

NAMIBIA; OTAVI; OTJOZONDJUPA;

EID: 77955049974     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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