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The opal phytolith inventory of soils in central Africa —quantities, shapes, classification, and spectra
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In this article, a preliminary phytolith classification scheme was used in soil phytochemical counting procedures to produce typical opal phytophytolith spectra for comparison. But the method was not suitable to describe and characterize rain forest and grassland vegetation.About:
This article is published in Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology.The article was published on 1999-09-01. It has received 255 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Phytolith & Vegetation.read more
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Silicon pools and fluxes in soils and landscapes—a review
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized the current knowledge on the different pools and fluxes of Si in soils and terrestrial biogeosystems, including the contribution of the biogenic sources to Si redistribution within soil profiles and desilication.
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Terrestrial ecosystems and the global biogeochemical silica cycle
TL;DR: The terrestrial biogeochemical Si cycle is of great interest because of its impact on global CO2 concentrations through the combined processes of weathering of silicate minerals and transfer of CO2 from the atmosphere to the lithosphere as discussed by the authors.
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Using phytolith assemblages to reconstruct the origin and spread of grass-dominated habitats in the great plains of North America during the late Eocene to early Miocene
TL;DR: Stromberg et al. as discussed by the authors presented a general approach for analyzing siliceous microfossils from plants (phytoliths) in geologic sediments and uses this method to reconstruct the evolution of grasslands in the central Great Plains during the late Tertiary.
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International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature (ICPN) 2.0
Katharina Neumann,Caroline A.E. Strömberg,Terry Ball,Rosa M. Albert,Luc Vrydaghs,Linda Scott Cummings +5 more
TL;DR: The revised names, diagnosis, images and drawings of the morphotypes that were included in ICPN 1.0 are presented, plus three others, which are those most commonly encountered in phytolith assemblages from modern and fossil soils, sediments and archaeological deposits.
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Woodworking activities by early humans: a plant residue analysis on Acheulian stone tools from Peninj (Tanzania).
TL;DR: A large number of these artefacts found at Peninj in Tanzania have yielded for the first time unambiguous evidence of their function as woodworking tools, implying a high degree of planning and foresight.
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Paleoethnobotany: A Handbook of Procedures
TL;DR: Paleo-ethnobotany is the study of human-plant interactions throughout history as mentioned in this paper, and it has been studied extensively in the field of botany and anthropology.
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Phytolith Analysis: An Archaeological and Geological Perspective
TL;DR: A methodological guide to the use of plant opal phytolith analysis in paleoenvironmental and paleoecological reconstruction can be found in this paper, which is the first book-length treatment of this promising technique.