Greenschist-facies metamorphism of the Burgess Shale and its implications for models of fossil formation and preservation

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-25

  Powell, Wayne ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLAY; COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; DEFORMATION; MINERALOGY;

FOSSIL FORMATION;

ROCKS;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); FOSSIL RECORD; GREENSCHIST FACIES; METAMORPHISM; PETROGRAPHY; PRESERVATION; SHALE;

CANADA;

EID: 0037246710     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-103     Document Type: Article

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