Jurassic microbial communities in hydrothermal manganese crust of the Rifian Calcareous Chain, Northern Morocco

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 233, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 159-172

  Reolid, M ^a   El Kadiri, K ^b   Abad, I ^a   Oloriz F ^c   Jimenez Millan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemosynthesis; Discontinuity; Geochemistry; Hydrothermal venting; Microbialite; Western Tethys

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSYNTHESIS; DISCONTINUITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENTING; MICROBIALITE; WESTERN TETHYS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; EUROPIUM; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

CHEMOSYNTHESIS; DEPOSITION; EUSTACY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; JURASSIC; MANGANESE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIALITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; PALEOKARST; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TETHYS; UNCONFORMITY;

MOROCCO;

EID: 78650596145     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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