Geochemical features of dinosaur remains from the Gobi Desert, South Mongolia

Palaios

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 519-531

  Samoilov, Valery S ^a   Benjamini, Chaim ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAURIA;

BONE; DIAGENESIS; DINOSAUR; FOSSILIZATION; PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY;

MONGOLIA, GOBI DESERT;

EID: 0030402915     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515188     Document Type: Article

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