Ubiquitous Burgess Shale-style "clay templates" in low-grade metamorphic mudrocks

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 855-858

  Page, Alex ^a   Gabbott, Sarah E ^b   Wilby, Philip R ^c   Zalasiewicz, Jan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; DIAGENETICS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; LOW-GRADE METAMORPHIC; LOW-GRADE METAMORPHISM; MUDROCKS; PHYLLOSILICATE; TAPHONOMY; VOLUME LOSS;

SHALE; SILICATES;

CLAY MINERALS;

BLACK SHALE; DIAGENESIS; FOSSIL; MUDSTONE; PHYLLOSILICATE; PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 69249189044     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24991A.1     Document Type: Article

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