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Root Traces

Root Traces is a formal biogenic sedimentary structure representing the preserved physical evidence of plant root activity within a substrate, distinguished from other trace fossils by its morphological architecture indicative of root growth patterns and rhizosphere interactions.

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259

Authors

143

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2017–2026

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Rhizoliths

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90

Active foundering of a continental arc root beneath the southern Sierra Nevada in California

G. Zandt, Hersh Gilbert, Thomas Owens et al. · Nature · 2004 · 416 citations

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Significance of Different Modes of Rhizolith Preservation to Interpreting Paleoenvironmental and Paleohydrologic Settings: Examples from Paleogene Paleosols, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, U.S.A.

Mary J. Kraus, Stephen T. Hasiotis · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 2006 · 347 citations

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Novel scanning procedure enabling the vectorization of entire rhizotron-grown root systems

Guillaume Lobet, Xavier Draye · Plant Methods · 2013 · 292 citations · Full text

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Delamination and detachment of a lithospheric root

Bertram Schott, Harro Schmeling · Tectonophysics · 1998 · 269 citations

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High-Throughput Quantification of Root Growth Using a Novel Image-Analysis Tool  

Andrew P. French, Susana Úbeda-Tomás, Tara J. Holman et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 2009 · 217 citations · Full text

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Authors

259

  1. GJ
    Gregory J. Retallack

    University of Oregon, United States

    3 publications · 158 citations

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  2. TL
    Tom L. Phillips

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    2 publications · 66 citations

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  3. AR
    Arthur R. Tiedemann

    Pacific Northwest Research Station, United States

    2 publications · 54 citations

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  4. JM
    Jennifer M. Elick

    Susquehanna University, United States

    2 publications · 101 citations

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  5. CI
    Claudia I. Mora

    University of Tennessee at Knoxville, United States

    2 publications · 101 citations

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Institutions

143

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    15 publications

    352 citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    243 citations

  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    144 citations

  4. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    281 citations

  5. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    683 citations

  6. University of Oregon

    Eugene, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    322 citations

  7. University of Kansas

    Lawrence, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    683 citations

  8. University of Turin

    Turin, Italy

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    62 citations

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Venues

  1. American Journal of Botany

    7 publications · 162 citations

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  2. Plant and Soil

    4 publications · 100 citations

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  3. Palaios

    3 publications · 200 citations

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  4. Botanical Gazette

    3 publications · 60 citations

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