Taphonomic traits of clay-hosted early Cambrian Burgess Shale-type fossil Lagerstätten in South China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 398, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-85

  Forchielli, Angela ^a   Steiner, Michael ^a   Kasbohm, Jörn ^b   Hu, Shixue ^c   Keupp, Helmut ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GeoENcon Ltd   (Germany)

^c CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chengjiang Fauna; Clay minerals; Fossil preservation; Guanshan Fauna; Iron minerals; Taphonomy; Weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894242603     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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