A stable isotope study of mammal skeletal remains of mid-pleistocene age, Arago cave, eastern Pyrenees, France. Evidence of taphonomic and diagenetic effects

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 151-160

  Iacumin, P ^a,b   Cominotto, D ^a   Longinelli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

diagenesis; isotopic effects; phosphate oxygen; taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BONE; DIAGENESIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; TAPHONOMY;

FRANCE, PYRENEES, ARAGO CAVE;

EID: 0030274250     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00077-6     Document Type: Article

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