Aspartic acid racemization and amino acid composition of the organic endoskeleton of the deep-water colonial anemone Gerardia: Determination of longevity from kinetic experiments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1931-1939

  Goodfriend, Glenn A ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AMINO ACID RACEMIZATION; AMINO ACIDS; ASPARTIC ACID; DEEP-SEA ORGANISMS; ENDOSKELETON; GERARDIA; RACEMIZATION; ZOOANTHID;

BAHAMAS;

GERARDIA;

EID: 0030783880     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00067-7     Document Type: Article

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