The environment of deposition indicated by the distribution of rare earth elements in fossil bones from Olduvai gorge, Tanzania

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 537-547

  Williams, C Terry ^a   Henderson, Paul ^a   Marlow, C Amanda ^b   Molleson, Theya I ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; FOSSILIZATION; PLEISTOCENE; REE; TAPHONOMY;

TANZANIA, OLDUVIA GORGE;

EID: 0030802184     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(97)00033-4     Document Type: Article

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