Diagenetic evolution and experimental heating of bone phosphate

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 135-149

  Person, Alain ^a   Bocherens, Hervé ^a   Mariotti, André ^a   Renard, Maurice ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

bones; burial diagenesis; C 13; carbonate apatite; collagen; experimental studies

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BONE; CARBON-13; COLLAGEN; DIAGENESIS; PHOSPHATE;

EID: 0030274249     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)88906-7     Document Type: Article

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