Oxygen isotope analyses of co-existing carbonate and phosphate in biogenic apatite: A way to monitor diagenetic alteration of bone phosphate?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Iacumin, P ^a,b   Bocherens, H ^a   Mariotti, A ^a   Longinelli, A ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apatite; Bones; Carbonates; Diagenesis; O 18 O 16; Teeth

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BONE; CARBONATE; DIAGENESIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHOSPHATE; TOOTH;

EID: 0030477110     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00093-3     Document Type: Article

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