Article: Algal debris-facies in the Cretaceous of the Middle East
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
1
Part:
3
Publication Date:
July
1958
Page(s):
254
–
259
Author(s):
Graham F. Elliott
Abstract
A rock-type common in the Lower and Middle Cretaceous of the Middle East consists of fine algal debris in a calcareous marly matrix. The algae, of which Permocalculus and Munieria are the commonest, are described and illustrated both as fragments and as complete segments; the origin of the deposits is discussed by analogy with present-day algal sediments.