Preferential soft-tissue preservation in the Hot Creek carbonate spring deposit, British Columbia, Canada

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 227, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 20-36

  Rainey, Dustin K ^a   Jones, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACC; Carbonate; Cyanobacteria; Holocene; Soft Parts; Travertine; Tufa

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; ENCAPSULATION; ENCRUSTATION; HOLOCENE; MACROPHYTE; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION; TRAVERTINE; TUFA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CYANOBACTERIA; LYNGBYA; RIVULARIA (CYANOBACTERIUM);

EID: 77952673087     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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