Variability in the preservation of the isotopic composition of collagen from fossil bone

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 929-935

  Tuross, Noreen ^a   Fogel, Marilyn L ^a   Hare, P E ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BONE; COLLAGEN; FOSSIL BONE; GLYCINE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALAEODIET;

EID: 0024219531     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(88)90364-X     Document Type: Article

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