Paleoredox and pyritization of soft-bodied fossils in the ordovician frankfort shale of New York

American Journal of Science

Volumn 313, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 452-489

  Farrell, Una C ^a,b   Briggs, Derek E G ^a   Hammarlund, Emma U ^c   Sperling, Erik A ^d   Gaines, Robert R ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal turbidite; Dysoxia; Iron paleoredox proxy; Konservat Lagerstatte; Paleoenvironment; Sulfur isotopes; Taphonomy; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894498271     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/05.2013.02     Document Type: Article

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