Silicified Biota in High-Altitude, Geothermally Influenced Ignimbrites at El Tatio Geyser Field, Andean Cordillera (Chile)
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Silicified Biota in High-Altitude, Geothermally Influenced Ignimbrites at El Tatio Geyser Field, Andean Cordillera (Chile) Roberto Barbieri, Barbara Cavalazzi, Nunzia Stivaletta & Purificación López-García a Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy b Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa c Unité d’Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay Cedex, France Accepted author version posted online: 29 Oct 2013.Published online: 05 Jun 2014.
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