Silica-replaced fossils through the Phanerozoic

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1031-1034

  Schubert, Jennifer K ^a   Kidder, David L ^b   Erwin, Douglas H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

BIOGENIC SILICA; CARBONATE ROCK; END PERMIAN EXTINCTION; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; NEARSHORES; PALEOZOIC; QUALITATIVE MEASUREMENTS; SECULAR CHANGES;

SILICA;

DIATOM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSILIZATION; MACROBENTHOS; PHANEROZOIC; SILICIFICATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SILICIFIED FOSSIL;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031429805     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<1031:SRFTTP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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