Non-destructive multiple approaches to interpret the preservation of plant fossils: Implications for calcium-rich permineralizations

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 857-862

  Scott, Andrew C ^a   Collinson, Margaret E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fossil plant; Microanalysis; Microscopy; Permineralization; Preservation

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; JURASSIC; MINERALIZATION; PALEOBOTANY; PLANT; PLIOCENE; TAPHONOMY;

ITALY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0345149397     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-163     Document Type: Article

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