Biogeochemical aspects of taphonomy: Summary of workshop discussions

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-203

  Collinson, Margaret E ^a   Jones, Timothy P ^b,c   Berry, Christopher ^d   Blickwede, Heike ^d   Ferguson, David K ^d   Gee, Carole T ^d   Hofmann, Christa Charlotte ^d   Kerp, Hans ^d   Riegel, Walter ^d   Sander, P Martin ^d   Taylor, Thomas N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHARCOAL; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANT; TAPHONOMY;

EID: 1542477007     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/202/1996/191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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