Hoggar Fold Belt limestone ( of Algeria)
Where: Algeria (23.0° N, 5.0° E: paleocoordinates 0.0° N, 0.0° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Neoproterozoic (1000.0 - 541.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: stromatolitic limestone
• limestones (20-200m) rarely with baryte but bituminous, S rich, with Cu mineralization, a few stromatolites and containing exotic blocks of more than one m-cubed
Size class: microfossils
Primary reference: R. Trompette. 1996. Temporal relationship between cratonization and glaciation: The Vendian-early Cambrian glaciation in Western Gondwana. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 123:373-383 [A. McGowan/L. Murdoch]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97597: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Laura Murdoch on 11.08.2010
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"Cyanophyta indet." = Cyanobacteria
"Cyanophyta indet." = Cyanobacteria Stanier 1973 | |