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Pristine Early Eocene Wood Buried Deeply in Kimberlite from Northern Canada

We report exceptional preservation of fossil wood buried deeply in a kimberlite pipe that intruded northwestern Canada’s Slave Province 53.3±0.6 million years ago (Ma), revealed during excavation of diamond source rock. The wood originated from forest surrounding the eruption zone and collapsed into...

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Autores principales: Wolfe, Alexander P., Csank, Adam Z., Reyes, Alberto V., McKellar, Ryan C., Tappert, Ralf, Muehlenbachs, Karlis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3446892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23029080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045537