Layered stone

Author: Cao Ruiji, Yuan Xunlai
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: This book provides a comprehensive review and systematic elaboration on the research history, formation mechanisms, related geological events, environmental significance, mineral resources, evolution, biostratigraphic significance, nomenclature, and classification of stromatolites, as well as the spatiotemporal distribution and stromatolite assemblages of Precambrian stromatolites in China. It also describes in detail 151 stromatolite species from the Precambrian and Phanerozoic strata of China.