Decay of fossil wood from kimberlite pipes of Lac de Gras in the Canadian sub-Arctic area

Annales de Paleontologie

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-94

  Staccioli, Giuseppe ^a   Santoni, Ilaria ^a   Pizzo, Benedetto ^a  

^a CNR IVALSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capacity of cation exchange; Lignin; Sequoia; Waterlogged wood; Wood decay

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ESTER; FOSSIL; HYDROLYSIS; ION EXCHANGE; KIMBERLITE; LIGNIN; TERTIARY; WOOD;

ARCTIC; CANADA; LAC DE GRAS; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 84893721762     PISSN: 07533969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annpal.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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