The contribution of calcareous green algae to the production of limestones: a review Author Granier, Bruno text Geodiversitas 2012 2012-03-31 34 1 35 60 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/g2012n1a3 journal article 10.5252/g2012n1a3 1638-9395 4597352

TABLE 1. — Key measurements of algal biosedimentary structures through time (data derived from a bibliographic compilation). Abbreviations: Fm, formation; Lmst., limestone; L, length; W, width.

				Height			Spacing/
		Total		in living			wave
Algae	References	height	Relief	habit	W	L	lenght	Stratigraphy	Locality
Ivanovia	Pray & Wray 1963;	> 3 m	2 m					Ismay Fm,	Utah, USA
	Choquette 1983							Moscovian
“phylloid”	Grammer	8-14 m	> 3 m				33-58 m
algae	et al. 2000
? Eugono­	Samankassou &	1.4 m		0.3 m	4.2 m			Wyandotte Lmst.	Kansas, USA
phyllum	West 2002							Fm, Kasimovian
“phylloid”	Doherty et al. 2002	<30 m						Gzhelian	New Mexico,
algae									USA
Anthra­	Samankassou	12 m,		up to		60 m		Corona Fm and	Tyrol, Italy;
coporella	1997, 1998, 1999	up to		12 m				Lower Pseudos-	Austria
		22 m						chwagerina Lmst.
								Fm, Gzhelian
Anthra­	Krainer et al. 2003	5.5-6 m		11-				Lower Pseudos-	Tyrol, Austria
coporella				12 m				chwagerina Lmst.
								Fm, Gzhelian
Calcipa­	Savin & West 2005	5 m		0.5 m				Beattie Lmst. Fm,	Kansas, USA
tera								Permian
Eugono­	Cross & Kloster-	2.5 m,						Laborcita Fm,	New Mexico,
phyllum	man 1981	up to						Lower Permian	USA
		10 m
Halimeda	Davies et al. 1988	up to	10-		100 m	150 m		Holocene	Great Barrier
		25 m	20 m						Reef, Aus-
									tralia
	Roberts et al. 1988	20-	10-		10-		100-	Holocene	Kalukalu-
		52 m	20 m		30 m		450 m		kuang Bank,
									Indonesia