From piston coring to IODP-drilling in recent carbonate mounds, Porcupine Seabight (SW of Ireland)
The carbonate mound build-up phenomenon, driven by microbial automicrite formation, has been recognized as a prominent process throughout the Palaeozoic. This process was generally believed to be extinct since the end of the Mesozoic. Fossil mounds are important reservoirs of oil and gas in a number...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2005
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Online Access: | https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/214720.pdf |