Fossilised biomolecules and biomarkers in carbonate concretions from konservat-lagerstätten

© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. In the vast majority of fossils, the organic matter is degraded with only an impression or cast of the organism remaining. In rare cases, ideal burial conditions result in a rapid fossilisation with an exceptional preservation of soft tissues...

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Main Authors: Grice, Kliti, Holman, Alex, Plet, C., Tripp, Madison
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Published: MDPI 2019
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130100577
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76418
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author Grice, Kliti
Holman, Alex
Plet, C.
Tripp, Madison
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Holman, Alex
Plet, C.
Tripp, Madison
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description © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. In the vast majority of fossils, the organic matter is degraded with only an impression or cast of the organism remaining. In rare cases, ideal burial conditions result in a rapid fossilisation with an exceptional preservation of soft tissues and occasionally organic matter. Such deposits are known as Lagerstätten and have been found throughout the geological record. Exceptional preservation is often associated with finely crystalline quartz (e.g., cherts), fine sediments (e.g., muds) or volcanic ashes. Other mechanisms include burial in anoxic/euxinic sediments and in the absence of turbidity or scavenging. Exceptional preservation can also occur when an organism is encapsulated in carbonate cement, forming a concretion. This mechanism involves complex microbial processes, resulting in a supersaturation in carbonate, with microbial sulfate reduction and methane cycling the most commonly suggested processes. In addition, conditions of photic zone euxinia are often found to occur during concretion formation in marine environments. Concretions are ideal for the study of ancient and long-extinct organisms, through both imaging techniques and biomolecular approaches. These studies have provided valuable insights into the evolution of organisms and their environments through the Phanerozoic and have contributed to increasing interest in fields including chemotaxonomy, palaeobiology, palaeoecology and palaeophysiology.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-764182022-10-06T05:09:06Z Fossilised biomolecules and biomarkers in carbonate concretions from konservat-lagerstätten Grice, Kliti Holman, Alex Plet, C. Tripp, Madison Science & Technology Physical Sciences Mineralogy Mining & Mineral Processing concretions preservation biomarkers soft tissue evolution chlorobi lagerstatten fossilisation PHOTIC-ZONE EUXINIA SOFT-TISSUE PRESERVATION GREEN RIVER FORMATION EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION SANTANA FORMATION GROWTH MECHANISMS INTERTIDAL MARSH YIXIAN FORMATION ARARIPE BASIN SEDIMENTS © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. In the vast majority of fossils, the organic matter is degraded with only an impression or cast of the organism remaining. In rare cases, ideal burial conditions result in a rapid fossilisation with an exceptional preservation of soft tissues and occasionally organic matter. Such deposits are known as Lagerstätten and have been found throughout the geological record. Exceptional preservation is often associated with finely crystalline quartz (e.g., cherts), fine sediments (e.g., muds) or volcanic ashes. Other mechanisms include burial in anoxic/euxinic sediments and in the absence of turbidity or scavenging. Exceptional preservation can also occur when an organism is encapsulated in carbonate cement, forming a concretion. This mechanism involves complex microbial processes, resulting in a supersaturation in carbonate, with microbial sulfate reduction and methane cycling the most commonly suggested processes. In addition, conditions of photic zone euxinia are often found to occur during concretion formation in marine environments. Concretions are ideal for the study of ancient and long-extinct organisms, through both imaging techniques and biomolecular approaches. These studies have provided valuable insights into the evolution of organisms and their environments through the Phanerozoic and have contributed to increasing interest in fields including chemotaxonomy, palaeobiology, palaeoecology and palaeophysiology. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76418 10.3390/min9030158 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130100577 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ MDPI fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Mineralogy
Mining & Mineral Processing
concretions
preservation
biomarkers
soft tissue
evolution
chlorobi
lagerstatten
fossilisation
PHOTIC-ZONE EUXINIA
SOFT-TISSUE PRESERVATION
GREEN RIVER FORMATION
EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION
SANTANA FORMATION
GROWTH MECHANISMS
INTERTIDAL MARSH
YIXIAN FORMATION
ARARIPE BASIN
SEDIMENTS
Grice, Kliti
Holman, Alex
Plet, C.
Tripp, Madison
Fossilised biomolecules and biomarkers in carbonate concretions from konservat-lagerstätten
title Fossilised biomolecules and biomarkers in carbonate concretions from konservat-lagerstätten
title_full Fossilised biomolecules and biomarkers in carbonate concretions from konservat-lagerstätten
title_fullStr Fossilised biomolecules and biomarkers in carbonate concretions from konservat-lagerstätten
title_full_unstemmed Fossilised biomolecules and biomarkers in carbonate concretions from konservat-lagerstätten
title_short Fossilised biomolecules and biomarkers in carbonate concretions from konservat-lagerstätten
title_sort fossilised biomolecules and biomarkers in carbonate concretions from konservat-lagerstätten
topic Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Mineralogy
Mining & Mineral Processing
concretions
preservation
biomarkers
soft tissue
evolution
chlorobi
lagerstatten
fossilisation
PHOTIC-ZONE EUXINIA
SOFT-TISSUE PRESERVATION
GREEN RIVER FORMATION
EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION
SANTANA FORMATION
GROWTH MECHANISMS
INTERTIDAL MARSH
YIXIAN FORMATION
ARARIPE BASIN
SEDIMENTS
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130100577
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76418