A petrographic analysis of the microbial thrombolite buildup in the Oxfordian Smackover Formation, Little Cedar Creek Field, Alabama

<p>The Jurassic (Oxfordian) Smackover Formation in Little Cedar Creek Field, Alabama is composed of microbial thrombolitic buildups. Core description, petrography, SEM, and isotopic analysis were used to identify the succession of organisms, microbial carbonate deposition, and diagenesis that...

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Main Author: Samai-Odegaarden, Natalie
Other Authors: Dr. Brenda L. Kirkland
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: MSSTATE 2016
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Online Access:http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-03242016-165521/