Mechanism for Burgess Shale-type preservation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 5180-5184

  Gaines, Robert R ^a   Hammarlund, Emma U ^b,c,d   Hou, Xianguang ^e   Qi, Changshi ^e   Gabbott, Sarah E ^f   Zhao, Yuanlong ^g   Peng, Jin ^g   Canfield, Donald E ^b  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Exceptional preservation; Ocean chemistry; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84859467083     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1111784109     Document Type: Article

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