Alternation of microbial mounds and ooid shoals (middle jurasssic, morocco): Response to paleoenvironmental changes

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 294, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-82

  Tomás, Sara ^a   Homann, Martin ^a   Mutti, Maria ^a   Amour, Frédéric ^a   Christ, Nicolas ^b   Immenhauser, Adrian ^b   Agar, Susan M ^c   Kabiri, Lahcen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^d University of Errachidia   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Jurassic; Microbial mounds; Ooid shoals; Paleoenvironment; Thrombolites

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; MICROBIAL MOUNDS; OOID SHOALS; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; THROMBOLITES;

GEOLOGY;

CARBONATE RAMP; CARBONATE ROCK; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; JURASSIC; OOID; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SHALLOW WATER; THROMBOLITE; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLAS MOUNTAINS; HIGH ATLAS; MOROCCO;

EID: 84879337258     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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