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Megablocks of calcified algae in the Cow Head breccia, western Newfoundland; vestiges of a Cambro-Ordovician platform margin
Noel P. James
Megablocks of calcified algae in the Cow Head breccia, western Newfoundland; vestiges of a Cambro-Ordovician platform margin
Geological Society of America Bulletin (November 1981) 92 (11): 799-811
Megablocks of calcified algae in the Cow Head breccia, western Newfoundland; vestiges of a Cambro-Ordovician platform margin
Geological Society of America Bulletin (November 1981) 92 (11): 799-811
Index Terms/Descriptors
- algae
- algal mounds
- algal structures
- biogenic structures
- bioherms
- breccia
- calcification
- Cambrian
- Canada
- carbonate rocks
- cementation
- clastic rocks
- continental margin
- Cow Head Group
- cyanobacteria
- Cyanophyta
- diagenesis
- Eastern Canada
- environment
- Epiphyton
- fossilization
- girvanella
- Humber Arm Allochthon
- marine environment
- megabreccia
- microfossils
- Newfoundland
- Newfoundland Island
- Ordovician
- paleoecology
- paleogeography
- Paleozoic
- Plantae
- Renalcis
- sedimentary petrology
- sedimentary rocks
- sedimentary structures
- sedimentation
- shelf environment
- thallophytes
Latitude & Longitude
ISSN: 0016-7606
EISSN: 1943-2674
Coden: BUGMAF
Serial Title: Geological Society of America Bulletin
Serial Volume: 92
Serial Issue: 11
Title: Megablocks of calcified algae in the Cow Head breccia, western Newfoundland; vestiges of a Cambro-Ordovician platform margin
Author(s): James, Noel P.
Affiliation: Mem. Univ. Newfoundland, Dep. Geol.,
St. John's, NL,
Canada
Pages: 799-811
Published: 198111
Text Language: English
Publisher: Geological Society of America (GSA),
Boulder, CO,
United States
References: 51
Accession Number: 1982-006071
Categories: Sedimentary petrology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. geol. sketch map
N47°30'00" - N51°00'00", W59°00'00" - W57°00'00"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2019, American Geosciences Institute.
Update Code: 1982
