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dc.contributor.advisorOlcott Marshall, Alison
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Brendan Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-28T02:36:22Z
dc.date.available2014-07-28T02:36:22Z
dc.date.issued2013-08-31
dc.date.submitted2013
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:12895
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/14844
dc.description.abstractGeochemistry has become increasingly important to the field of paleontology. This thesis comprises two geochemical case studies examining questions at very different scales. The first examines possible controls on the formation of deposits where exceptional preservation of non-biomineralized tissues occurs throughout the Phanerozoic by the creation and analysis of a database of Phanerozoic Konservat-Lagerstatten. Potential controls examined include the influence of marine geochemistry, the availability of fossiliferous strata and evolutionary events. The second case study involves the application of Raman microspectroscopy in pathology and paleopathology. Raman microspectroscopy is used to demonstrate biotic origin for a new type of trace fossil, and to study the mineralogical changes that occur in bone presenting with osteomyelitis and hyperplastic bone marrow disease.
dc.format.extent147 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsThis item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.
dc.subjectPaleontology
dc.subjectGeology
dc.subjectGeochemistry
dc.subjectBurgess shale
dc.subjectLagerstatten
dc.subjectPaleopathology
dc.subjectPorotic hyperostosis
dc.subjectPreservation
dc.subjectRaman spectroscopy
dc.titleViewing paleontology through a geochemical lens: 2 case studies
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberMarshall, Craig P
dc.contributor.cmtememberLieberman, Bruce S
dc.contributor.cmtememberStotler, Randy
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineGeology
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.S.
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9804-0083
kusw.bibid8086310
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccess


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