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Organic Preservation

Organic Preservation is a fossilization process in which the original organic material of an organism is retained, either unchanged or with minimal chemical alteration, distinguishing it from other modes of fossilization that involve mineralization or complete replacement of organic constituents.

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Clay minerals in delta deposits and organic preservation potential on Mars

B. L. Ehlmann, John F. Mustard, C. I. Fassett et al. · Nature Geoscience · 2008 · 388 citations

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Organic preservation of non-mineralizing organisms and the taphonomy of the Burgess Shale

Nicholas J. Butterfield · Paleobiology · 1990 · 264 citations

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Secular distribution of Burgess‐Shale‐type preservation

Nicholas J. Butterfield · Lethaia · 1995 · 248 citations

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Selective organic matter preservation in “burn‐down” turbidites on the Madeira Abyssal Plain

F. G. Prahl, Gregory L. Cowie, Gert J. de Lange et al. · Paleoceanography · 2003 · 144 citations · Full text

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Fossilization modes in the Chengjiang Lagerstätte (Cambrian of China): testing the roles of organic preservation and diagenetic alteration in exceptional preservation

Maoyan Zhu, Loren E. Babcock, Michael Steiner · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · 2005 · 127 citations

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Authors

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  1. PJ
    Patrick J. Orr

    University College Dublin, Ireland

    3 publications · 100 citations

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  2. RS
    Robert S. Hill

    University of Tasmania, Australia

    3 publications · 145 citations

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  3. BL
    B. L. Ehlmann

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    3 publications · 435 citations

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  4. NT
    Noreen Tuross

    Harvard University, United States

    2 publications · 48 citations

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  5. SK
    Stuart Kearns

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 85 citations

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Institutions

152

  1. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    680 citations

  2. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    234 citations

  3. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    624 citations

  4. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    416 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    211 citations

  6. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    280 citations

  7. University College Dublin

    Dublin, Ireland

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    185 citations

  8. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    102 citations

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  1. Geology

    3 publications · 86 citations

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  2. Astrobiology

    3 publications · 61 citations

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  4. Southern African humanities

    3 publications · 125 citations

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