Open AccessBaking black opal in the desert sun: The importance of silica in desert varnish: COMMENT AND REPLY: COMMENT
Author(s) -
Ronald I. Dorn
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
geology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.609
H-Index - 215
eISSN - 1943-2682
pISSN - 0091-7613
DOI - 10.1130/g23410c.1
Subject(s) - desert (philosophy) , geology , varnish , archaeology , materials science , history , composite material , epistemology , philosophy , coating
[Perry et al. (2006)][1] contribute a fourth alternative, of silica binding, to three prior hypotheses of varnish formation: 1) abiotic Mn-Fe enhancement (e.g., [Engel and Sharp, 1958][2]); 2) biotic Mn-Fe enhancement (e.g., [Dorn and Oberlander, 1982][3]; [Allen et al., 2004][4]); and 3) a
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