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Recent calcareous algae appear to be restricted to specific depositional facies (see Klement, 1966; Milliman, this vol.), they are most important therefore for the interpretation of Ancient sedimentary environments.
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Flügel, E. (1977). Environmental Models for Upper Paleozoic Benthic Calcareous Algal Communities. In: Flügel, E. (eds) Fossil Algae. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66516-5_34
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