Experimental formation of a microbial death mask

Palaios

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 293-303

  Darroch, Simon A F ^a   Laflamme, Marc ^a,b   Schiffbauer, James D ^c   Briggs, Derek E G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; METAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTEROZOIC; SULFIDE; TAPHONOMY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84862140191     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2011.p11-059r     Document Type: Article

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