Ever wondered what #taphonomic and #diagenetic interactions occurred post-burial in the #Cretaceous red beds of China?

With colleagues (inc @thomas_clements ) we have just published this: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2022.105533

The paper deals a lot with chemistry, but my interest is two fold: 1) in our explanation of why small refractory #fossil plant material was not utilized by the microbial community during burial; 2) in combining complimentary techniques.

Free access (50 day): https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1gMyC4t1lM9zEl