Chemical preservation of insect cuticle from the Pleistocene asphalt deposits of California, USA

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2247-2252

  Stankiewicz, B Artur ^a   Briggs, Derek E G ^a   Evershed, Richard P ^a   Duncan, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; CHEMICAL PRESERVATION; COLEOPTERA; INSECT CUTICLE; ORTHOPTERA; PLEISTOCENE;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030670345     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7037(97)00078-1     Document Type: Article

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