Pyritization in the Gaojiashan Biota

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 645-650

  Cai, YaoPing ^a   Hua, Hong ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conotubus; Pyritization; Soft bodied fossils; Southern Shaanxi; Taphonomy; Terminal Neoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

SINIA;

EID: 33847615579     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0080-9     Document Type: Article

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