Biogeochemical characterization of ichthyosaur bones from Holzmaden (Germany, Lias);Caractérisation biogéochimique d'os d'ichthyosaures d'Holzmaden (Allemagne, Lias)

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 759-766

  Montgelard, Claudine ^a   Buchy, Marie Céline ^a,b   Gautret, Pascale ^c   Dauphin, Yannicke ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b Lab Geobiologie Biochronologie P   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Bone; Chemical composition; Holzmaden; Ichthyosaur; Organic matrix; Sediment; State of preservation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BONE; ICHTHYOSAUR; JURASSIC; LIAS; PRESERVATION;

GERMANY, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, HOLZMADEN;

EID: 0031417618     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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