Title

The Miocene Clarkia Fossil Deposit

Authors

Hong Yang, Bryant UniversityFollow
Derek E.G. Briggs, Yale University
William C. Rember, University of Idaho

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published by The Geochemical Society in The Geochemical News, Number 124, Pages 14-15.

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Publisher

Geochemical News

Publication Source

Geochemical Society

Abstract

For organic geochemists and paleobiologists who study biomolecules preserved in fossils and sediments, the 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference could not have picked a better venue than Moscow, Idaho. Only 55 miles away from the conference site lies the middle Miocene Clarkia fossil deposit, which has become an icon for this emerging field of interdisciplinary research. In the past 25 years the Clarkia material has attracted worldwide attention through its preservation of ancient biomolecules and isotopic signals, generating both excitement and controversy.