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Q2Facies
About Facies
Facies is a scholarly journal published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.51 and H-index of 69.
Coverage: 1979-2026. Research categories: Geology (Q2); Paleontology (Q2); Stratigraphy (Q2).
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Topics in published research
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils; Geology and Paleoclimatology Research; Geological formations and processes; Marine Biology and Ecology Research; Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies; Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.
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2,490.00 USD; 3,790.00 EUR
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2026-10 · DOI: 10.1007/s10347-026-00751-7New carbonate microfacies and carbon isotope data from the Middle to Upper Ordovician in the upper Yangtze Platform, South China Block: Environmental and stratigraphic implications
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2026-10 · DOI: 10.1007/s10347-026-00749-1Oligocene coccolith limestone horizons in the Outer Carpathian Flysch: lithostratigraphic context and microfacies of the Targowisko Limestone
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2026-10 · DOI: 10.1007/s10347-026-00742-8A rare example of Miocene reef-bearing carbonate platform in Central America, Abrojo, southern Costa Rica
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2026-10 · DOI: 10.1007/s10347-026-00743-7A refined stratigraphic framework for the Cenomanian–Turonian transition in northern Egypt
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2026-10 · DOI: 10.1007/s10347-026-00747-3Mineralogy of moonmilk deposits in Rat’s Nest Cave, Alberta, western Canada: insights into the morphogenesis of needle-fibre calcite
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2026-10 · DOI: 10.1007/s10347-026-00745-5The Turonian sedimentary record of central Tunisia: Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphic framework: input to regional and global correlations
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2026-10 · DOI: 10.1007/s10347-026-00744-6High-resolution facies analysis of the Upper Cambrian Pilgrim Limestone at Rendezvous Peak, Western Wyoming: Implications for carbonate factory dynamics and lithostratigraphic correlation
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2026-10 · DOI: 10.1007/s10347-026-00741-9Are Miocene-age enigmatic carbonates in the incipient Red Sea of microbial origin? A morphological study
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2026-10 · DOI: 10.1007/s10347-026-00739-3An enigmatic calcified fossil in Middle Triassic strata of the southern Apennines, Italy: form, affinity and facies
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2026-10 · DOI: 10.1007/s10347-026-00738-4Comparing phosphatised galleried stereom of Ordovician Cincinnaticrinus to modern Endoxocrinus illustrates preservation by micromolding
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2026-07 · DOI: 10.1007/s10347-026-00736-6Paleoecology and paleoenvironment of an unusually depauperate Pleistocene coral reef of the Aramda Reef Member, Gujarat, Western India
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2026-07 · DOI: 10.1007/s10347-026-00737-5Development of reef facies during the latest Carnian–earliest Rhaetian Dachstein Carbonate Platform of the Dinaridic realm (northern Montenegro) in the context of the Late Triassic geological events
Oliver Zöhrer, George Pleș, Milica Mrdak, Hans-Jürgen Gawlick et al.
2026-07 · DOI: 10.1007/s10347-026-00735-7Visualization of the skeletal structure of Palaeozoic stromatoporoids using fluorescence microscopy
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2026-05 · DOI: 10.1007/s10347-026-00731-xReviews
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