Turbidite depositional influences on the diagenesis of Beecher's Trilobite Bed and the Hunsrück Slate; sites of soft tissue pyritization

American Journal of Science

Volumn 308, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-129

  Raiswell, Robert ^a   Newton, Robert ^a   Bottrell, Simon H ^a   Coburn, Patricia M ^a   Briggs, Derek E G ^b   Bond, David P G ^a   Poulton, Simon W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL ASSOCIATION; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; ENRICHMENT; ORDOVICIAN; OXIDATION; POREWATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION; SORTING; TRILOBITE; TURBIDITE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HUNSRUCK; RHINELAND-PALATINATE;

EID: 46349101178     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/02.2008.01     Document Type: Article

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