Microcracks and fossilization of Haversian bone

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 413-432

  Pfretzschner, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; DIAGENESIS; FOSSILIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCRACK; MINERALIZATION; PERCOLATION;

EID: 0011577662     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/216/2000/413     Document Type: Article

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