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Microscopy of Silicified Wood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

George Mustoe
George Mustoe*
Affiliation:
Geology Dept, Western Washington Univ.
*
mustoeg@cc.wwu.edu

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Ancient forests comprised an enormous biomass and typically flourished in lowland habitats that offered favorable conditions for fossllization, so it is not surprising that petrified wood is the most abundant terrestrial fossil. Petrifaction of wood by carbonates, sulfides, oxides, and phosphates is evidence that fossilization can occur under diverse geochemical conditions, but silicification is by far the most common process.

Type
Research Article
Information
Microscopy Today , Volume 11 , Issue 6 , December 2003 , pp. 34 - 37
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2003

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