Diversity of bahamian microbialite substrates

Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 177-195

  Ginsburg, Robert N ^a   Planavsky, Noah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 84979895420     PISSN: 18761682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
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