Re: paleonet Carbonate precipitation

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Raul,

Here is another reference that may be useful:

Bacterially mediated formation of carbonate
concretions
in the Oligocene Boom Clay of Northern Belgium.
J. of Sed. Res.1999. vol 69 no.5

Virginia Friedman
UT Dallas

--- resperante <resperante@univ.llu.edu> wrote:
> 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
> email:  <mailto:resperante@univ.llu.edu>
> resperante@univ.llu.edu
>  
> 



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