Concepedia

Microfossil Preservation

Microfossil Preservation is the process by which microscopic fossil remains are retained in the geological record through physical, chemical, and biological conditions that prevent their complete decomposition or destruction.

134

Publications

7K

Citations

408

Authors

252

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

32

Parents

Children

Publications

134

Influence of water column anoxia on the burial and preservation of carbon and phosphorus in marine shales

Ellery D. Ingall, R.M. Bustin, Philippe Van Cappellen · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1993 · 493 citations

, , +14

Microfossils and oceanic environments

Tim Bralower · Marine Micropaleontology · 1997 · 207 citations

, , +12

Changing the picture of Earth's earliest fossils (3.5–1.9 Ga) with new approaches and new discoveries

Martin D. Brasier, Jonathan B. Antcliffe, Martin Saunders et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2015 · 203 citations · Full text

, , +5

Chemical evidence of kerogen formation in source rocks and oil shales via selective preservation of thin resistant outer walls of microalgae: Origin of ultralaminae

Sylvie Derenne, Claude Largeau, E. Casadevall et al. · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1991 · 190 citations

, , +17

Preservation of Chitin in 25-Million-Year-Old Fossils

B. Artur Stankiewicz, Derek E. G. Briggs, Richard P. Evershed et al. · Science · 1997 · 190 citations

, , +17

1–5 of 134

Authors

408

  1. SD
    Sylvie Derenne

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    4 publications · 343 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. SB
    Sylvain Bernard

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    4 publications · 313 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. KS
    Kenichiro Sugitani

    Nagoya University, Japan

    4 publications · 155 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. DW
    David Wacey

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    3 publications · 296 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. MS
    Martin Saunders

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    3 publications · 296 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 408

Institutions

252

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    65 publications

    4.4K citations

  2. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    34 publications

    2.6K citations

  3. Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    29 publications

    2K citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    320 citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    999 citations

  6. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    755 citations

  7. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    429 citations

  8. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    5 h-index

    23 publications

    1.3K citations

1–8 of 252

Venues

  1. Precambrian Research

    6 publications · 233 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. Micropaleontology

    6 publications · 237 citations

    6

    h-index

  3. Astrobiology

    5 publications · 224 citations

    5

    h-index

  4. Sedimentary Geology

    5 publications · 164 citations

    5

    h-index

  5. Geobiology

    4 publications · 110 citations

    4

    h-index

1–5