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Record 1 2011-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Paleontology
DEF

All processes involving the burial of a plant or animal in sediment and the eventual preservation of all, part, or a trace of it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Ensemble des processus depuis l'enfouissement jusqu'à la conservation d'un végétal ou d'un animal dans les sédiments.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
  • Paleontología
DEF

Proceso por el que en un resto orgánico animal o vegetal, los compuestos orgánicos son reemplazados por minerales, por lo cual se conservan en las rocas sedimentarias.

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