Microbialites of the Neoproterozoic Beck Spring Dolomite, Southern California

Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1648-1673

  Harwood, Cara L ^a   Sumner, Dawn Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beck Spring Dolomite; Environment; Microbialite; Proterozoic; Stratigraphy; Stromatolite; Thrombolite

Indexed keywords

BECK SPRING DOLOMITE; ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIALITE; PROTEROZOIC; STROMATOLITE; THROMBOLITE;

BIOLOGY; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LAMINATING; MICROORGANISMS; MORPHOLOGY; TEXTURES;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIALITE; MORPHOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; STROMATOLITE; THROMBOLITE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

METAZOA;

EID: 80052901867     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01228.x     Document Type: Article

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