Taphonomy of Cambrian phosphatic small shelly fossils

Palaios

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 295-308

  Creveling, Jessica R ^a,b   Knoll, Andrew H ^a   Johnston, David T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; LIMESTONE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PHOSPHATE ROCK; POREWATER; REMINERALIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TAPHONOMY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84908246374     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: 19385323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2014.002     Document Type: Article

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