Search Results - "Westacott, Sophie"

Extent and biogeochemical impact of Skolithos piperock in the lower Cambrian Zabriskie Quartzite (California, USA) by Westacott, Sophie, Zhao, Mingyu, Tarhan, Lidya G.

“…The advent of bioturbation in the early Paleozoic and the subsequent intensification of sediment mixing by benthic animals dramatically altered marine…”
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Radiolarian size and silicification across the Paleocene-Eocene boundary and into the early Eocene by Westacott, Sophie, Hollis, Christopher J., Pascher, Kristina M., Dickens, Gerald R., Hull, Pincelli M.

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Revisiting the sedimentary record of the rise of diatoms by Westacott, Sophie, Planavsky, Noah J., Zhao, Ming-Yu, Hull, Pincelli M.

“…Diatoms are a major primary producer in the modern oceans and play a critical role in the marine silica cycle. Their rise to dominance is recognized as one of…”
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Environmental and temporal patterns in bioturbation in the Cambrian–Ordovician of Western Newfoundland by Tarhan, Lidya G., Nolan, Rhiannon Z., Westacott, Sophie, Shaw, Jack O., Pruss, Sara B.

“…The early Paleozoic emergence of bioturbating (sediment‐dwelling and ‐mixing) animals has long been assumed to have led to substantial changes in marine…”
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TAPHONOMIC BIAS OF SELECTIVE SILICIFICATION REVEALED BY PAIRED PETROGRAPHIC AND INSOLUBLE RESIDUE ANALYSIS by PRUSS, SARA B, PAYNE, JONATHAN L, WESTACOTT, SOPHIE

“…Silicification is an important mode of fossil preservation but the extent to which silicified material represents an unbiased sampling of the total fossil…”
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