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Microscopic Fossilization

Microscopic Fossilization is a taphonomic process denoting the preservation of microscale biological structures or organic remnants through mineralization, chemical stabilization, or replication at cellular or subcellular levels within sedimentary matrices.

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1.6K

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114

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82

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2017–2026

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Microbial fossilization in carbonate sediments: a result of the bacterial surface involvement in dolomite precipitation

Y. van Lith, R. Warthmann, Crisógono Vásconcelos et al. · Sedimentology · 2003 · 250 citations

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Confocal laser scanning microscopy and Raman imagery of ancient microscopic fossils

J. William Schopf, Anatoliy B. Kudryavtsev · Precambrian Research · 2009 · 129 citations

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On the experimental silicification of microorganisms II. On the time of appearance of eukaryotic organisms in the fossil record

Susan Francis, Lynn Margulis, Elso S. Barghoorn · Precambrian Research · 1978 · 121 citations

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Nanometer‐scale characterization of exceptionally preserved bacterial fossils in <scp>P</scp>aleocene phosphorites from <scp>O</scp>uled <scp>A</scp>bdoun (<scp>M</scp>orocco)

Julie Cosmidis, Karim Benzerara, Emmanuel Gheerbrant et al. · Geobiology · 2013 · 91 citations

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Three-Dimensional Confocal Optical Imagery of Precambrian Microscopic Organisms

J. William Schopf, Abhishek B. Tripathi, Anatoliy B. Kudryavtsev · Astrobiology · 2006 · 87 citations

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Authors

114

  1. JW
    J. William Schopf

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    4 publications · 255 citations

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  2. AB
    Anatoliy B. Kudryavtsev

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    3 publications · 239 citations

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  3. KB
    Karim Benzerara

    Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie, France

    2 publications · 154 citations

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  4. PC
    Philip C. J. Donoghue

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  5. KO
    Kurt O. Konhauser

    University of Alberta, Canada

    2 publications · 90 citations

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Institutions

82

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    29 publications

    1.8K citations

  2. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    407 citations

  3. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    207 citations

  4. NASA Astrobiology Institute

    Mountain View, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    478 citations

  5. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    134 citations

  6. Sorbonne Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    207 citations

  7. Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    35 citations

  8. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    434 citations

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Venues

  1. Precambrian Research

    3 publications · 266 citations

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  2. Science

    3 publications · 51 citations

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  3. Geobiology

    2 publications · 136 citations

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  4. Astrobiology

    2 publications · 106 citations

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  5. Earth-Science Reviews

    1 publications · 12 citations

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