Cambrian Burgess Shale-type deposits share a common mode of fossilization

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 755-758

  Gaines, Robert R ^a   Briggs, Derek E G ^b   Zhao, Yuanlong ^c  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Authigenic mineralization; Chengjiang; Organic preservation; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL FEATURES; AUTHIGENIC; AUTHIGENIC MINERALIZATION; CAMBRIAN; CHENGJIANG; COMMON MODES; ELEMENTAL MAPPINGS; GREENSCHIST; MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; ORGANIC; ORGANIC PRESERVATION; ORGANIC TISSUES; PRIOR WROUGHT; SOFT TISSUES; TAPHONOMY;

HISTOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TISSUE;

SHALE;

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; CAMBRIAN; FOSSILIZATION; GREENSCHIST FACIES; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; SHALE; TAPHONOMY;

ASIA; CHENGJIANG; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

METAZOA;

EID: 54949091961     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24961A.1     Document Type: Article

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