Palaeontology and depositional environments of ancient brine seeps in the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale at The Monarch, British Columbia, Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 86-105

  Johnston, Paul A ^a,b   Johnston, Kimberley J ^b   Collom, Christopher J ^c   Powell, Wayne G ^d   Pollock, Robyn J ^e  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brine pools; Burgess Shale; Chemosynthesis; Dolomitization; Nonbiomineralized fossils; Seeps

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BRINE; CAMBRIAN; CLINOCHLORE; DEEP WATER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DOLOMITIZATION; ESCARPMENT; MOUNTAIN; PALEONTOLOGY; SEAFLOOR; SHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GULF OF MEXICO; MONARCH MOUNTAIN; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; BRACHIOPODA; EPIPHYTON; PRIAPULIDA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 67349106100     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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