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December 01, 1989
Secular change in chert distribution; a reflection of evolving biological participation in the silica cycle Available to Purchase
Robert G. Maliva;
Robert G. Maliva
Harvard Univ., Dep. Earth and Planet. Sci., Cambridge, MA, United States
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Robert G. Maliva
Harvard Univ., Dep. Earth and Planet. Sci., Cambridge, MA, United States
Andrew H. Knoll
Raymond Siever
Publisher: SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology
First Online:
03 Mar 2017
Online ISSN: 1938-5323
Print ISSN: 0883-1351
GeoRef, Copyright 2004, American Geological Institute.
PALAIOS (1989) 4 (6): 519–532.
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CitationRobert G. Maliva, Andrew H. Knoll, Raymond Siever; Secular change in chert distribution; a reflection of evolving biological participation in the silica cycle. PALAIOS 1989;; 4 (6): 519–532. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/3514743
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- algae
- biochemistry
- biodegradation
- biogenic structures
- Cenozoic
- chemically precipitated rocks
- chert
- chertification
- concretions
- Cretaceous
- deposition
- diagenesis
- diatoms
- eukaryotes
- geochemical cycle
- geochemistry
- Invertebrata
- marine environment
- Mesozoic
- microfossils
- Neoproterozoic
- paleoenvironment
- Paleozoic
- pelagic environment
- pelagic sedimentation
- Plantae
- Porifera
- Precambrian
- processes
- Proterozoic
- Protista
- Radiolaria
- secondary structures
- sedimentary rocks
- sedimentary structures
- sedimentation
- silica
- Silicoflagellata
- silicon
- Silurian
- thallophytes
- upper Precambrian
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