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Taphonomy

Taphonomy is the subdiscipline of paleontology that examines the processes of postmortem alteration and preservation of organic remains from the time of death until their recovery from the geological record.

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Taphonomic and ecologic information from bone weathering

Anna K. Behrensmeyer · Paleobiology · 1978 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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Slaty cleavage and related strain in Martinsburg Slate, Delaware Water Gap, New Jersey

Edward C. Beutner · American Journal of Science · 1978 · 1.5K citations

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Dissociation of oceanic methane hydrate as a cause of the carbon isotope excursion at the end of the Paleocene

Gerald R. Dickens, James R. O’Neil, David K. Rea et al. · Paleoceanography · 1995 · 1.4K citations

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Isotopic evidence for source of diagenetic carbonates formed during burial of organic-rich sediments

Hilary Irwin, C. D. Curtis, Max Coleman · Nature · 1977 · 1.3K citations

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Forensic Taphonomy: The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains

Mehmet İşcan, Barbara Q. McCabe · Forensic Science International · 2001 · 1.3K citations

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  1. MD
    Manuel Domínguez‐Rodrigo

    Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

    39 publications · 2K citations

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  2. JY
    José Yravedra

    Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

    37 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. ZC
    Zhong‐Qiang Chen

    China University of Geosciences, China

    38 publications · 2K citations

    25

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  4. SM
    Susan M. Kidwell

    University of Chicago, United States

    24 publications · 3.3K citations

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  5. MJ
    Michael J. Benton

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    25 publications · 2K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    72 h-index

    1.3K publications

    73.2K citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    58 h-index

    286 publications

    17.9K citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    57 h-index

    676 publications

    31.5K citations

  4. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    53 h-index

    219 publications

    15.5K citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    52 h-index

    184 publications

    10.8K citations

  6. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    50 h-index

    172 publications

    9.2K citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    50 h-index

    212 publications

    16.5K citations

  8. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    46 h-index

    219 publications

    15.7K citations

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  1. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

    532 publications · 31K citations

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  2. Palaios

    388 publications · 19.5K citations

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  3. Journal of Archaeological Science

    212 publications · 17.5K citations

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  4. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    112 publications · 12.2K citations

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  5. Geology

    139 publications · 10.1K citations

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See also

Taphonomy

Preservation Processes

Agents of Decay

Depositional Contexts

Taphonomic Evidence

Analytical Methods