Plant Fossils Found Preserved In New Zealand Blueschist Metamorphic Rocks

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This is a fascinating paper.

 

Galvez, M.E., Beyssac, O., Benzerara, K., Bernard, S., Menguy,

N., Cox, S.C., Martinez, I., Johnston, M.R. and Brown, G.E., 2012.

Morphological preservation of carbonaceous plant fossils in

blueschist metamorphic rocks from New Zealand. Geobiology,

10(2), pp.118-129.

 

PDF file at:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221800575_Morphological_preservation_of_carbonaceous_plant_fossils_in_blueschist_metamorphic_rocks_from_New_Zealand

 

Abstract at:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1472-4669.2011.00316.x/abstract

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.