University of Bristol EARTH SCIENCES

Allanby, A., and Allanby, M. 1990. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences. Oxford University Press. Oxford.

Allison, P.A. 1988. The role of anoxia on decay and mineralisation of proteinaceous macrofossils.Palaeobiology Vol 14. 139-154.

Allison, P.A. 1986. Soft-bodied animals in the fossil record: The role of decay in fragmentation during transport. Geology.Vol 14. 979-981.

Baas, M.,Briggs, D.E.G., van Heemst, J.D.H., Kear, A.J., and de Leeuw, J.W. 1995. Selective preservation of chitin during the decay of shrimp. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.Vol 59 (5). 945-951.

Brenchley, P.J., and Harper, D.A.T. 1998. Palaeoecology: Ecosystems, environments and evolution. Chapmen and Hall. London.

Boon, J.J., Stout, S.A., Genuit, W., and Spackman, W. 1989. Molecular palaeobotany of Nyssa endocarps. Acta Botanica Neerlandica. Vol 38 (4).391-404.

Briggs, D.E.G., Stankiewicz, B.A., Mieschner, D., Bierstedt,A., and Evershed, R.P. 1998. Taphonomy of Arthropod cuticles from Pliocene lake sediments, Willershausen, Germany. Palaios. Vol 13. 386-394.

Briggs, D.E.G. 1995. Experimental Taphonomy.Palaios.Vol 10. 539-550

Briggs, D.E.G., and Kear, A.J. 1994. Decay and mineralisation of shrimps. Palaios. Vol 9. 431-456

Briggs, D.E.G., and Kear, A.J. 1993. Decay and preservation of polychaetes: Taphonomic thresholds in soft-bodied organisms. Palaeobiology. Vol 19. 107-135.

Stankiewicz, B.A., Briggs, D.E.G., Evershed, R.P., and Duncan, I.J. 1997. Chemical preservation of insect cuticle from Pleistocene asphalt deposits of California, USA. Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta. Vol 61 no 11. 2247-2252.