Late Tertiary Petrified Wood from Nevada, USA: Evidence of Multiple Silicification Pathways

Late Tertiary Petrified Wood from Nevada, USA: Evidence of Multiple Silicification Pathways

Late Tertiary fossil woods from the state of Nevada provide an opportunity for observing the mineralization sequences that cause buried wood to become permineralized. Oligocene and Miocene caldera basins contain abundant petrified wood that ranges in composition from incipient silicification to comp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: George E. Mustoe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-10-01
Series:Geosciences
Subjects:
petrified wood
silica
opal
chalcedony
quartz
paleobotany
Nevada
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/5/4/286

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