Microbial mats implicated in the generation of intrastratal shrinkage ('synaeresis') cracks
Intrastratal shrinkage (often termed 'synaeresis') cracks are commonly employed as diagnostic environmental indicators for ancient salinity-stressed, transitional fluvial-marine or marginal-marine depositional environments. Despite their abundance and use in facies interpretations, the mec...
Published in: | Sedimentology |
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LSU Digital Commons
2013
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Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/geo_pubs/1282 https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12044 |