Abstract
Cyclic carbonate units consisting of stromatoporoid biostromes overlain by pellet limestones with cryptalgal and fen- estral fabrics occur in the Pillara Formation (Devonian), Canning Basin, Western Australia (Read, 1973). About 70 cyclic units, 2 to 10 meters thick, occur at the type section in the Pillara Range. Part of the sequence at the type section is shown in Figure 29-1A; an idealized cyclic unit is shown in Figure 29-1B.
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Read, J.F. (1975). Tidal-Flat Facies in Carbonate Cycles, Pillara Formation (Devonian), Canning Basin, Western Australia. In: Ginsburg, R.N. (eds) Tidal Deposits. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88494-8_29
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