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Lower Cambrian Stromatolites from Northwest Spain and Their Palaeoenvironmental Significance

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Phanerozoic Stromatolites

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The Lancara Formation is a widespread Early to Middle Cambrian carbonate sequence occurring in the Cantabrian zone of Northwest Spain and has been divided into two informal members (Zamarreño 1972). Stromatolite biostromes are locally prominent in the basal part of the Lower Member which has been interpreted as a tidal flat deposit (Zamarreno 1972, 1975, 1978). The purpose of this paper is to describe and interpret these stromatolite biostromes on the base of a detailed field study and facies association analysis.

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  1. Departamento de Estratigrafía, Facultad de Geología, Universidad de Barcelona, Granvía 585, Barcelona (7), Spain

    Isabel Zamarreño

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  1. Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Université de Liège, 7, place de Vingt-Août, B-4000, Liège, Belgium

    Claude Monty

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Zamarreño, I. (1981). Lower Cambrian Stromatolites from Northwest Spain and Their Palaeoenvironmental Significance. In: Monty, C. (eds) Phanerozoic Stromatolites. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67913-1_2

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