Modern terrestrial sedimentary biostructures and their fossil analogs in mesoproterozoic subaerial deposits

Palaios

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-54

  Beraldi Campesi, Hugo ^a   Farmer, Jack D ^b   Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BEDDING PLANE; DESERT SOIL; DESICCATION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SOIL CRUST; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; QUARTZITE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902291339     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2013.084     Document Type: Article

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