Variation in amino acid epimerization rates and amino acid composition among shell layers in the bivalve Chione from the Gulf of California

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1487-1493

  Goodfriend, Glenn A ^a   Flessa, Karl W ^b   Hare, P E ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE DETERMINATION; AMINO ACID EPIMERIZATION; AMINO ACID RACEMIZATION; BIVALVE; CHIONE FLUCTIFRAGA; SHELLS;

PACIFIC, GULF OF CALIFORNIA;

CHIONE FLUCTIFRAGA;

EID: 0030880136     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)81658-4     Document Type: Article

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