Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Mammalian Skeletal Phosphate from the Natufian Period, Hayonim Cave, Israel: Diagenesis and Paleoclimate

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Shahack Gross, Ruth ^a   Tchernov, Eitan ^b   Luz, Boaz ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; ENAMEL; FOSSIL RECORD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PHOSPHATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SKELETAL REMAINS; TYPE SPECIMEN;

HAYONIM CAVE; ISRAEL; NORTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 0009827880     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199901)14:1<1::AID-GEA1>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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