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Animal bioturbation preserved in Pleistocene magadiite at Lake Magadi, Kenya Rift Valley, and its implications for the depositional environment of bedded magadiite

Magadiite, a rare hydrous sodium-silicate mineral [NaSi(7)O(13)(OH)(3)·4(H(2)O)], was discovered about 50 years ago in sediments around Lake Magadi, a hypersaline alkaline lake fed by hot springs in the semi-arid southern Kenya Rift Valley. Today this harsh lacustrine environment excludes most organ...

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Autores principales: Buatois, Luis A., Renaut, Robin W., Owen, Richard Bernhart, Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Scott, Jennifer J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7176717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32321943
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63505-7