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May be the Paleonet community can help me
with this issue.
I am looking for references dealing with the
role of decaying carcass in carbonate precipitation and formation of carbonate
concretions in a shallow marine environment.
I am studying the occurrence of marine
mammal bones preserved in carbonate concretions (mostly dolomitic sandstone and
siltstone), occurring in nevertheless non-carbonate siliciclastic and/or
diatomite beds. A search in Georef has yielded one reference (Allison and Pye,
Palaios 9, 1994), but that might be the result of not using the appropriate
keywords. Another work is the study by Rogers et al. of the tetrapod assemblages
in the Chañares Fm (Argentina), but this is interpreted as fluvial and
floodplain volcanic deposits (therefore continental).
Is there any other work on carbonate
precipitation associated with decaying carcass?
I would also appreciate your input on the
subject.
Raúl
Esperante
Paleontologist
Geoscience Research
Institute
Loma Linda, California 92350,
USA
Tel. (909) 558 4548
FAX (909) 558 4314