New evidence suggests pyroclastic flows are responsible for the remarkable preservation of the Jehol biota
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| 作者 | Jiang, Baoyu1; Harlow, George E.2; Wohletz, Kenneth3; Zhou, Zhonghe4 ; Meng, Jin5; Jiang, BY (reprint author), Nanjing Univ, Sch Earth Sci & Engn, State Key Lab Mineral Deposits Res, 163th Xianlin Ave, Nanjing 210046, Jiangsu, Peoples R China.
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| 刊名 | NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
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| 出版日期 | 2014-02-01 |
| 卷号 | 5期号:0页码:5 |
| ISSN号 | 2041-1723 |
| 文献子类 | Article |
| 英文摘要 | The lower Cretaceous Yixian and Jiufotang formations contain numerous exceptionally well-preserved invertebrate, vertebrate and plant fossils that comprise the Jehol Biota. Freshwater and terrestrial fossils of the biota usually occur together within some horizons and have been interpreted as deposits of mass mortality events. The nature of the events and the mechanisms behind the exceptional preservation of the fossils, however, are poorly understood. Here, after examining and analysing sediments and residual fossils from several key horizons, we postulate that the causal events were mainly phreatomagmatic eruptions. Pyroclastic density currents were probably responsible for the major causalities and for transporting the bulk of the terrestrial vertebrates from different habitats, such as lizards, birds, non-avian dinosaurs and mammals, into lacustrine environments for burial. Terrestrial vertebrate carcasses transported by and sealed within the pyroclastic flows were clearly preserved as exceptional fossils through this process. |
| WOS关键词 | NORTHEASTERN CHINA ; VOLCANIC-ERUPTIONS ; YIXIAN FORMATION ; NE-CHINA ; FOSSILS ; EVOLUTION ; DINOSAUR ; BIRDS ; DECAY ; MINERALIZATION |
| WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000332660500001 |
| 资助机构 | 973 Program [2012CB821905]; National Science Foundation of China [41172033] |
| 公开日期 | 2014-12-12 |
| 源URL | [http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/5181]  |
| 专题 | 古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_古低等脊椎动物研究室 |
| 通讯作者 | Jiang, BY (reprint author), Nanjing Univ, Sch Earth Sci & Engn, State Key Lab Mineral Deposits Res, 163th Xianlin Ave, Nanjing 210046, Jiangsu, Peoples R China. |
| 作者单位 | 1.Nanjing Univ, Sch Earth Sci & Engn, State Key Lab Mineral Deposits Res, Nanjing 210046, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 2.Amer Museum Nat Hist, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, New York, NY 10024 USA 3.Los Alamos Natl Lab, Geophys Grp, EES 17, MS F665, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 5.Amer Museum Nat Hist, Div Paleontol, New York, NY 10024 USA |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Jiang, Baoyu,Harlow, George E.,Wohletz, Kenneth,et al. New evidence suggests pyroclastic flows are responsible for the remarkable preservation of the Jehol biota[J]. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,2014,5(0):5. |
| APA | Jiang, Baoyu,Harlow, George E.,Wohletz, Kenneth,Zhou, Zhonghe,Meng, Jin,&Jiang, BY .(2014).New evidence suggests pyroclastic flows are responsible for the remarkable preservation of the Jehol biota.NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,5(0),5. |
| MLA | Jiang, Baoyu,et al."New evidence suggests pyroclastic flows are responsible for the remarkable preservation of the Jehol biota".NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 5.0(2014):5. |
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