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Phytolith Formation

Phytolith Formation is a biomineralization process in which certain plants actively precipitate microscopic silica bodies within their tissues, distinguishing it from passive silica deposition by involving regulated cellular mechanisms that result in taxonomically informative morphologies.

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502

Authors

258

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2017–2026

47

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Publications

167

Phytoliths: a comprehensive guide for archaeologists and paleoecologists

Choice Reviews Online · 2006 · 1.4K citations

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Silica in Plants: Biological, Biochemical and Chemical Studies

Heather A. Currie, Carole C. Perry · Annals of Botany · 2007 · 713 citations · Full text

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International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature (ICPN) 2.0

Katharina Neumann, Caroline A. E. Strömberg, Terry Ball et al. · Annals of Botany · 2019 · 624 citations · Full text

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Surface chemistry and reactivity of plant phytoliths in aqueous solutions

Fabrice Fraysse, Oleg S. Pokrovsky, Jacques Schott et al. · Chemical Geology · 2008 · 370 citations

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The Silica Bodies of Tropical American Grasses: Morphology, Taxonomy, and Implications for Grass Systematics and Fossil Phytolith Identification

Dolores R. Piperno, Deborah M. Pearsall · Smithsonian contributions to botany · 1998 · 259 citations

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Authors

502

  1. HL
    Hongyan Liu

    Peking University, China

    8 publications · 220 citations

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  2. DM
    Deborah M. Pearsall

    University of Missouri, United States

    7 publications · 756 citations

    7

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  3. ZS
    Zhaoliang Song

    Tianjin University, China

    6 publications · 357 citations

    6

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  4. AA
    Anne Alexandre

    Centre de Recherche et d’Enseignement de Géosciences de l’Environnement, France

    6 publications · 369 citations

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  5. TB
    Terry Ball

    Brigham Young University, United States

    6 publications · 845 citations

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Institutions

258

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    51 publications

    4.1K citations

  2. Centre de Recherche et d’Enseignement de Géosciences de l’Environnement

    Aix-en-Provence, France

    11 h-index

    32 publications

    2.3K citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    10 h-index

    32 publications

    2.6K citations

  4. Aix-Marseille Université

    Marseille, France

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. Zhejiang A & F University

    Lin’an Shi, China

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    987 citations

  6. Institute of Archaeology

    Beijing, China

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    517 citations

  7. Peking University

    Beijing, China

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    389 citations

  8. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    6 h-index

    29 publications

    1.5K citations

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Venues

  1. Quaternary International

    16 publications · 614 citations

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  2. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

    14 publications · 758 citations

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  3. Annals of Botany

    8 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. Journal of Archaeological Science

    8 publications · 607 citations

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  5. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

    5 publications · 78 citations

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