Paleontology and field observations of the ~2720 Ma Tumbiana Formation in the northwest Pilbara, Western Australia / by J. M. Coffey ... [et al.]
- Bib ID:
- 5739836
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- Book
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- East Perth, W.A. : Geological Survey of Western Australia, ©2011
- iv, 22 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781741683639
- Series:
- Record (Geological Survey of Western Australia) ; 2011/8. 0728-2311
- Summary:
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"The Tumbiana Formation is a ~2720 Ma volcano-sedimentary formation of the Neoarchean Fortescue group, and is renowned for containing some of the world's best preserved and most abundant Archean stromatolites. This Record describes results from a study of the stratigraphy, facies and stromatolites of the Tumbiana Formation in the Northwest and the western Northeast Pilbara Sub-basins of the Fortescue Basin." --Abstract.
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- Abstract
- Introduction
- Geological setting and background
- Stratigraphy. Tumbiana Formation in the Redmont area. Stromatolitic carbonate (Meentheena Member). Stromatolites in the Redmont area. Bulbous and domical stromatolites
- Conically laminated columnar stromatolites. Stromatolites in the northwest Pilbara Sub-basin. Tumbiana Formation sedimentology in the western succession
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Appendices.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p. 17-18.
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