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Compression Fossilization

Compression Fossilization is a type of taphonomic process in which organic microfossils are preserved as flattened, carbonized remnants due to physical compression under sedimentary overburden, distinguishing it from other preservation modes by the dominance of mechanical compaction and loss of three-dimensional structure.

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FOSSIL DIAGENESIS IN THE BURGESS SHALE

Nicholas J. Butterfield, Uwe Balthasar, LUCY A. WILSON · Palaeontology · 2007 · 177 citations

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Taphonomic study of Ediacaran organic-walled fossils confirms the importance of clay minerals and pyrite in Burgess Shale−type preservation

Evan P. Anderson, James D. Schiffbauer, Shuhai Xiao · Geology · 2011 · 108 citations

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The experimental formation of plant compression fossils

Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · 1983 · 75 citations · Full text

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Ubiquitous Burgess Shale–style “clay templates” in low-grade metamorphic mudrocks

Alex Page, Sarah E. Gabbott, Philip R. Wilby et al. · Geology · 2008 · 75 citations

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Tubular compression fossils from the Ediacaran Nama group, Namibia

Phoebe Cohen, Alexander S. Bradley, Andrew H. Knoll et al. · Journal of Paleontology · 2008 · 71 citations · Full text

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    John Abelson

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 92 citations

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    Gordon D. Love

    University of California, Riverside, United States

    2 publications · 92 citations

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    Nicola McLoughlin

    University of Bergen, Norway

    2 publications · 92 citations

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    R. Shepard

    University of California, Davis, United States

    2 publications · 92 citations

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    Mike Tice

    Texas A&M University, United States

    2 publications · 92 citations

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  1. University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    234 citations

  2. Université de Poitiers

    Poitiers, France

    2 h-index

    11 publications

    667 citations

  3. Universidad de Extremadura

    Badajoz, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    92 citations

  4. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    106 citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    429 citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    18 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    368 citations

  8. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    184 citations

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  1. Lethaia

    3 publications · 72 citations

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  3. Palaios

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  4. Geology

    2 publications · 183 citations

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  5. Journal of Paleontology

    2 publications · 92 citations

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